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  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited December 2023
    I didn't look at others' answers as I wanted to play - so apols for repeats. I'm adding edits also.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1- jaundice   4- meningitis  8 - lyme   12- malaria   15- impetigo   16 - Nemaline myopathy   17 - blister




  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited December 2023
    Less sure about these:         5 - scurvy  6 - testes,   9 - Pro re nata



  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited December 2023
    Which ones are left?
    2?
    10?
    11?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited December 2023
    and 14

    on reflection, I don't think 6. is testes.

    "the theme of human diseases, parasites, ailments and conditions". Testes don't fit.

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    6 might be something ism
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited December 2023
    2 is cancer (cc+ near anagram)
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    14 shingles? I only suggest it because of tiles. Can't really justify it otherwise
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Yes. ancer  sounds like answer  -solution
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited December 2023
    re 10, it sounds like a mnemonic for assessing suicide risk, but I can't guess which one - there are lots.


    SAD PERSONS?



  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited December 2023
    I was thinking 14 was an -itis (similar to dermatitis)
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