Medical term:
Indian
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politically correct
Politically sensitive adjective Referring to language reflecting awareness and sensitivity to another person's physical, mental, cultural, or other disadvantages or deviations from a norm; a person is not mentally retarded, but rather mentally challenged; a person is not obese but rather has an eating disorder, etc Politically correct-a microglossary
Former term PC term
American Indian Native American
Black African American
Demented Disoriented, severely confused
Handicapped Disadvantaged
Homophobic Heterosexually biased
Housebound Domestic
(American) Indian Native American
Mentally retarded Mentally disabled or challenged
Obese Large, ample, right-sized
Oriental Asian
Physically handicapped Physically disadvantaged
Poorly educated Educationally disadvantaged
Racist Culturally insensitive
Stupid Educationally challenged
Politically correct ad absurdum–a microglossary
PCAA term Translation
Colorful Flaky, fruity
Detail oriented Anal-retentive or, if extreme, obsessive compulsive
Eccentric Nuts, weird
Enthusiastic & hopeful Insufferably arrogant
Follicly challenged Bald
Knowledge deficient Ignorant
Obtunded Stupid
Sexual arts specialist Prostitute, hooker
Sexual arts aficionado Slut, sleaze
Vertically challenged Short
Vertically enhanced Tall
Visually challenged Myopic
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indium
(In) [in´de-um]a chemical element, atomic number 49, atomic weight 114.82. (See Appendix 6.)
indium 111 an artificial isotope of indium, having a half-life of 2.81 days and emitting gamma rays; it is used as a radioactive tracer in nuclear medicine.
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In
Symbol for indium (preceding superscript number indicates an isotope); inulin.
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IN
Intraepithelial neoplasia, see these.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
In
1. Symbol for indium
2. Abbreviation for inulin
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