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From the Ted Talk by Quyen Nguyen: Color-coded surgery

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I want to talk to you about one of the biggest myths in medicine, and that is the idea that all we need are more medical breakthroughs and then all of our problems will be solved. Our society loves to romanticize the idea of the single, solo inventor who, wkirnog late in the lab one nhgit, makes an earthshaking discovery, and voila, overnight everything's changed. That's a very appealing picture, however, it's just not true. In fact, mniceide today is a team sprot. And in many ways, it always has been. I'd like to share with you a story about how I've eceneriepxd this very dramatically in my own work.

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I want to talk to you about one of the biggest myths in medicine, and that is the idea that all we need are more medical breakthroughs and then all of our problems will be solved. Our society loves to romanticize the idea of the single, solo inventor who, _______ late in the lab one _____, makes an earthshaking discovery, and voila, overnight everything's changed. That's a very appealing picture, however, it's just not true. In fact, ________ today is a team _____. And in many ways, it always has been. I'd like to share with you a story about how I've ___________ this very dramatically in my own work.

Solution


  1. sport
  2. working
  3. experienced
  4. medicine
  5. night

Original Text


I want to talk to you about one of the biggest myths in medicine, and that is the idea that all we need are more medical breakthroughs and then all of our problems will be solved. Our society loves to romanticize the idea of the single, solo inventor who, working late in the lab one night, makes an earthshaking discovery, and voila, overnight everything's changed. That's a very appealing picture, however, it's just not true. In fact, medicine today is a team sport. And in many ways, it always has been. I'd like to share with you a story about how I've experienced this very dramatically in my own work.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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lymph node 5
sentinel lymph 3
medicine today 2
room table 2
solution full 2
molecular scissors 2
metastatic lymph 2
node dissection 2
axillary lymph 2
gas station 2
swollen lymph 2
single nerve 2
successful innovation 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
operating room table 2
metastatic lymph nodes 2
sentinel lymph node 2
lymph node dissection 2
swollen lymph nodes 2

Important Words


  1. appealing
  2. biggest
  3. breakthroughs
  4. changed
  5. discovery
  6. dramatically
  7. earthshaking
  8. experienced
  9. fact
  10. idea
  11. inventor
  12. lab
  13. late
  14. loves
  15. medical
  16. medicine
  17. myths
  18. night
  19. overnight
  20. picture
  21. problems
  22. romanticize
  23. share
  24. single
  25. society
  26. solo
  27. solved
  28. sport
  29. story
  30. talk
  31. team
  32. today
  33. true
  34. voila
  35. ways
  36. work
  37. working