February 9 2015

Medical Monday: Scapula

The scapula is informally known as the shoulder blade. It is the bone that connects the upper arm to the collar bone.

Machine Briefs:

OPTION #1: scapula= SKAP/AOU/LA
OPTION #2: scapula= SKAP/AOU/LA*
OPTION #3: scapula= SKAP/U/LA
OPTION #4: scapula= SKAP/U/LA*
OPTION #5: scapula= SKAP/LA
OPTION #6: scapula= SKAP/LA*

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February 4 2015

Legal Vocabulary: Bill of Attainder

A bill of attainder is a legislative act that declares a person or a group of people guilty of crime, and gives them a punishment, without giving them a judicial trial.

A bill or attainder is also called an act of attainder, writ of attainder, and bill of pains and penalties.

A bill of attainder takes away a person’s civil rights. This includes the right to own property, the right to hold a title, and the right to life and liberty.

Because a bill of attainder violates due process of the law, it has been banned by the U.S. Constitution (Article 1, Section 9) and all of the United States’ 50 states constitutions (Article 1, Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution).

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January 26 2015

Medical Monday: Ataxia

Ataxia is defined as: “An inability to coordinate voluntary muscular movements that is symptomatic of some central nervous system disorders and injuries and not due to muscle weaknesses.” (Also called incoordination).

Machine Briefs:

OPTION #1: ataxia= A/TAX/YA*
OPTION #1: ataxia= A/TAX/YI/A*

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January 4 2015

New Word: Freegan

Steno New Word Logo CroppedIn 2014, the word “freegan” was added to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. The term was reportedly first coined in 2006. A freegan is defined as: “An activist who scavenges for free food (as in waste receptacles at stores and restaurants) as a means of reducing consumption of resources.”

Machine Brief:
freegan= FRAOE/GA*N

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January 4 2015

New Word: Catfish

Steno New Word Logo CroppedIn 2014, the word “catfish” was added to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary with a meaning different than the original meaning of: “Any of an order (Siluriformes) of chiefly freshwater stout-bodied scaleless bony fishes having long tactile barbels.”

The newly added meaning of the word “catfish” is as follows: “A person who sets up a false personal profile on a social networking site for fraudulent or deceptive purposes.” The new meaning of the word was popularized by an MTV reality TV show that exposed people with falsified online social accounts.

Machine Brief:
catfish= KAT/F*IRB

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