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Hospital Vox Box

NPR
Published March 6, 1996 at 11:00 PM CST

One of the things learned in any teaching hospital is an argot -- the private language used behind the scenes. Linda and Noah read entries from the glossary of medical slang prepared by the writers of the TV program "ER."

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