7 medical myths
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- dormant
- not active but capable of becoming active
- bleach
- make whiter or lighter
- run at full tilt
- operate at 100%
- cite
- to mention or quote as an example
- to the contrary
- saying or showing the opposite
- blunt
- having a thick, dull egde or end; not pointed
- get fired up
- to become excited or angry
- retract
- withdraw
- half-truth
- a statement which is intended to deceive by being only partly true
- coarse
- (adj) not fine or smooth; not delicate; rough
- notion
- idea, concept, thought
- loaded
- filled with a great quantity
- query
- pose a question
- huckster
- a person who writes advertisements, especially for radio and television, or who sells things or brings ideas or people to the public's attention in a noisy annoying way
- prominent
- Immediately noticeable; conspicuous
- myth
- a commonly believed but false idea
- misconception
- an incorrect understanding or interpretation
- erroneously
- mistakenly
- anecdotal
- story-like rather than pure fact
- jibe with
- If one statement or opinion does this with another, it is similar to it and matches it
- drowsy
- Heavy with sleepiness.
- acuity
- sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing)