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Get 5% off across the Autonomous website with our code WU5OFF, including on the ErgoChair Pro, which you can find here: https://www.autonomous.ai/office-chai... Rob and Jess are taking a surgical look at words from the world of medicine. 💊 What is the Nocebo Effect? 🩺 Are doctors named after leeches (or the other way round)? 🚑 What does "ambulance" literally mean? These questions answered, and many more, in another wordy nerdy episode of Words Unravelled. 👕 OUR MERCH 👚 US SHOP: https://wordsunravelledshop.myspreads... EU/UK SHOP: https://wordsunravelledshop.myspreads... 👂LISTEN: https://podfollow.com/words-unravelle... or search for "Words Unravelled" wherever you get your podcasts. ==LINKS== Rob's YouTube channel: / robwords Jess' Useless Etymology blog: https://uselessetymology.com/ Rob on X: x.com/robwordsyt Jess on TikTok: tiktok.com/@jesszafarris #etymology #wordfacts #English
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