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Medicine
Placebo, triage, Stockholm syndrome โ clinical vocabulary that left the hospital and now describes brands, politics, and people you've been dating two weeks.
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Bedside Manner
The way someone delivers difficult information โ with warmth or without.
Placebo Effect
A real change in a person caused by belief alone, without any active treatment.
Quarantine
To isolate something thought to be harmful or contagious.
Stockholm Syndrome
A captive's emotional bond with their captor.
Triage
Sorting cases by urgency when you can't help everyone โ and choosing where to put scarce effort.
Hypochondriac
Someone convinced they're seriously ill despite reassurance to the contrary.
Lobotomy
A drastic procedure used to dull intellect โ and a metaphor for anything that strips a thing of its edge.
Resuscitate
To revive something that had effectively died.
Tourniquet
A drastic stop-gap that prevents immediate collapse without solving the underlying problem.