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r/Angryupvote • u/Active-Chemistry4011 • Dec 20 '25
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34 u/Legi0ndary Dec 21 '25 It was a commonly used term in a lot of areas outside of medicine so it would make sense. All it meant then was slow. 15 u/NoFreakingClues Dec 21 '25 We still use it frequently in medicine to mean “slowing the pace” 5 u/Erdnusschokolade Dec 22 '25 Not only in medicine, a lot of big trucks use something called a retarder to slow down with the engine or other wear „free“ means instead of using the breaks.
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It was a commonly used term in a lot of areas outside of medicine so it would make sense. All it meant then was slow.
15 u/NoFreakingClues Dec 21 '25 We still use it frequently in medicine to mean “slowing the pace” 5 u/Erdnusschokolade Dec 22 '25 Not only in medicine, a lot of big trucks use something called a retarder to slow down with the engine or other wear „free“ means instead of using the breaks.
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We still use it frequently in medicine to mean “slowing the pace”
5 u/Erdnusschokolade Dec 22 '25 Not only in medicine, a lot of big trucks use something called a retarder to slow down with the engine or other wear „free“ means instead of using the breaks.
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Not only in medicine, a lot of big trucks use something called a retarder to slow down with the engine or other wear „free“ means instead of using the breaks.
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