Friday, October 23, 2009

essential = unknown

"Essential mixed cryoglobulinemia: A condition in which cryoglobulin proteins which are a mixture of various antibody types form for unknown (essential) reasons."
http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=14265


Ironic and somehow apt -- how we use the word "essential" to mean "unknown."

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