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Medical terminology: "Wet read"
I was at my doctor's office earlier this week when one of his technicians told me that after conducting a certain test, the doctor would have the first, cursory, look at the results of the test. The technician called this first look a "wet read." Can someone tell me the origin of this phrase?
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[nq:1]I was at my doctor's office earlier this week when one of his technicians told me that after conducting a ... the test. [/nq] I'd always assumed it meant the X ray had been developed but was not yet dry.
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[nq:1]I was at my doctor's office earlier this week when one of his technicians told me that after conducting a ... the test. The technician called this first look a "wet read." Can someone tell me the origin of this phrase?[/nq]
I'd always assumed it meant the X ray had been developed but was not yet dry. These days, what with computers and all, it's probably a carryover phrase, much like to
I'd always assumed it meant the X ray had been developed but was not yet dry. These days, what with computers and all, it's probably a carryover phrase, much like to
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The inimitable (Email Removed) (Cotopaxis) stated one day
[nq:1]I was at my doctor's office earlier this week when one of his technicians told me that after conducting a ... the test. The technician called this first look a "wet read." Can someone tell me the origin of this phrase?[/nq]
If you search Google.com for "wet read" and "wet readings", you will find lots of relevant hits, includi
[nq:1]I was at my doctor's office earlier this week when one of his technicians told me that after conducting a ... the test. The technician called this first look a "wet read." Can someone tell me the origin of this phrase?[/nq]
If you search Google.com for "wet read" and "wet readings", you will find lots of relevant hits, includi
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[nq:1]If you search Google.com for "wet read" and "wet readings", you will find lots of relevant hits, including the medical ones you are looking for.[/nq]
So was I right?
Franke, any interest in sending a postcard to a nine-year-old girl to help her class with it's geography project? If you're willing to (or anyone else is), drop(1) me an email.
(1) Another one of those vestigial phra
So was I right?
Franke, any interest in sending a postcard to a nine-year-old girl to help her class with it's geography project? If you're willing to (or anyone else is), drop(1) me an email.
(1) Another one of those vestigial phra
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The inimitable Dena Jo stated one day
[nq:2]If you search Google.com for "wet read" and "wet readings", you will find lots of relevant hits, including the medical ones you are looking for.[/nq]
[nq:1]So was I right?[/nq]
You're right about what it means in medical terminology about X-ray film reading, but I have know idea what the origin of the term is. I just did a Google search and
[nq:2]If you search Google.com for "wet read" and "wet readings", you will find lots of relevant hits, including the medical ones you are looking for.[/nq]
[nq:1]So was I right?[/nq]
You're right about what it means in medical terminology about X-ray film reading, but I have know idea what the origin of the term is. I just did a Google search and
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[nq:2]If you search Google.com for "wet read" and "wet readings", you will find lots of relevant hits, including the medical ones you are looking for.[/nq]
Speaking of medical matters, any suggestion on how to work 'grume' into polite conversation? Maybe a joke about a grume's-man?
Speaking of medical matters, any suggestion on how to work 'grume' into polite conversation? Maybe a joke about a grume's-man?
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[nq:2]Franke, any interest in sending a postcard to a nine-year-old girl to help her class with it's geography project? If you're willing[/nq]
^^
[nq:1]Oy![/nq]
The word "class" showed up underlined on my screen, and it took me a minute to figure out what was wrong...
[nq:1]I have know idea[/nq]
Oy!
Dena Jo
(Email: Replace TPUBGTH with denajo2)
^^
[nq:1]Oy![/nq]
The word "class" showed up underlined on my screen, and it took me a minute to figure out what was wrong...
[nq:1]I have know idea[/nq]
Oy!
Dena Jo
(Email: Replace TPUBGTH with denajo2)
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The inimitable Dena Jo stated one day
^^
Double oy! Skitt's Law is sneaky, by ***. It makes you make errors just to keep you humble.
^^
Double oy! Skitt's Law is sneaky, by ***. It makes you make errors just to keep you humble.
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