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When the Decode Gives the Wrong Meaning

This video presents the same text shown beside it, spoken and on screen. It adds nothing the text does not say.

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Some medical terms have drifted from what their parts say, so a decode gives a starting guess, not a definition.

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Hysterectomy decodes to removal of the uterus, and holds. Hysteria decodes to a uterine condition, and does not.

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Decode first, then confirm against a reference. The parts get you close, not certain.