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Vocabulary:

syncope

noun

Grammar: contracting a word by omitting sounds from the middle: over to o'er

Pathology: fainting; brief loss of consciousness.

We must establish the cause for syncope to manage this patient's fall risk.

Currently reading:

Brood

Jackie Polzin

Having kept chickens myself, I'm entertained to see the author drawing comparisons between chickens' behaviours and those of humans. The brood serves as both a practical, diverting focus and a cathartic vehicle for the narrator to deal with a painful time in her life.

Etymology:

hiatus