by EpicentRx | Dec 18, 2023 | Blog
“It goes without saying (ça va sans dire) that calque is a good word to know.” Calque noun pl -s kalk Definition: : A word or phrase in one language that directly translates from a word or phrase in another language. Calques are also called loan translations. Calques,...
by EpicentRx | Dec 13, 2023 | Blog
This holiday season we wish you not “no más” or “no more,” like the boxer, Roberto Duran, said to the referee when he unexpectedly called it quits during his fight with Sugar Ray Leonard in 1980, but more or más nitric oxide (NO). We’ve written extensively about...
by EpicentRx | Dec 11, 2023 | Blog
“Inflammaging is highly dam-aging, which makes it disadvant-aging. By contrast, anti-inflammaging is salv-aging.” Inflammaging or Inflammageing (noun) in-fluh-mayg-ing Definition: : an age-related increase in systemic chronic inflammation. Example sentences:...
by EpicentRx | Dec 8, 2023 | Blog
The brain. The incredible, amazing, fantastic brain. It is from this relatively minute organ, these 3 pounds of jelly suspended in utter darkness and cerebral fluid that all thought, reason, decision-making and consciousness arise. The three main parts of the human...
by EpicentRx | Dec 6, 2023 | Blog
According to the uber-quotable Elon Musk, “Physics is the law, everything else is a recommendation. Anyone can break laws created by man, but I am yet to see anyone break the laws of physics.” Until 2010, another inviolate law belonged to that of Eroom, which, as we...
