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To: Melas; coop71

A medical condition is defined as a disease, illness, or injury. Unless you are male, being pregnant in itself is not a medical condition, but pregnancy complications are medical conditions. Words have meanings.


147 posted on 06/09/2010 10:56:17 AM PDT by Reeses (Sowcialist: a voter bought with food stamps)
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To: Reeses
Unless you are male, being pregnant in itself is not a medical condition

LOL out loud.

148 posted on 06/09/2010 10:57:01 AM PDT by savedbygrace (Rev 22:20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord)
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To: Reeses

I agree with you, Reeses. When I was pregnant I didn’t consider it a “condition”.


154 posted on 06/09/2010 10:58:59 AM PDT by My hearts in London - Everett (So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.)
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To: Reeses

Yes, words do have meanings.

Here’s something I dug up on the first try:

“A medical condition is a broad term that includes all diseases and disorders, but can include [injuries] and normal health situations, such as pregnancy, that might affect a person’s health, benefit from medical assistance, or have implications for medical treatments. While the term medical condition generally includes mental illnesses, in some contexts the term is used specifically to denote any illness, injury, or disease except for mental illnesses.”

Ooops! They included pregnancy.


287 posted on 06/09/2010 1:38:48 PM PDT by coop71 (Being a redhead means never having to say you're sorry...)
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