# A is for Anthracinum **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 28, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871 "2008-05-28T13:38:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/21 "2008-05-29T02:34:15Z")
V is for vaginitis. ---
**Author:** ![threnodyangelfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@threnodyangelfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threnodyangelfire)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/22 "2008-05-29T03:20:45Z")
W is for Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/23 "2008-05-29T03:26:26Z")
\ X is for “Watch the **X** traordinary Moderator move this to the Game Room!” MPSIMS \> GR \ ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/24 "2008-05-29T03:36:40Z")
Y is for YEEEEEEEOOOOOOWWWWW! ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/25 "2008-05-29T05:03:44Z")
Z is for zoonosis. ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/26 "2008-05-29T08:15:13Z")
Y is for _Yersinia pestis_ Cause I want to play backwards. Si ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/27 "2008-05-29T08:28:22Z")
X-Linked Lymphoproliferative Syndrome (Damn you **Si** for turning this into a game of pong, I had a really good “b”) ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/28 "2008-05-29T08:47:00Z")
W is for Waldenström macroglobulinemia ---
**Author:** ![meenie7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@meenie7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meenie7)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/29 "2008-05-29T09:03:39Z")
V is for verrucomicrobia spinosum. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/30 "2008-05-29T12:49:14Z")
U is for Uterine Dysfunction ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/31 "2008-05-29T13:39:24Z")
T is for Temporomandibular joint disorder ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/32 "2008-05-29T14:09:29Z")
S is for sarcoidosis. ---
**Author:** ![Alive\_At\_Both\_Ends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Alive\_At\_Both\_Ends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alive_At_Both_Ends)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/33 "2008-05-29T14:25:16Z")
R is for Raynaud’s Phenomenon. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/34 "2008-05-29T14:25:45Z")
R is for Reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR), nested RT-PCR, RT-PCR. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/35 "2008-05-29T14:37:52Z")
Q is for [Q Fever](http://www.rarediseases.org/search/rdbdetail_abstract.html?disname=Q%20Fever) (URL included because otherwise you wouldn’t have believed me! ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/36 "2008-05-29T15:09:33Z")
P is for pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (you knew it would show up eventually). ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/37 "2008-05-29T15:11:21Z")
O is for Orbital Bone. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/38 "2008-05-30T04:12:31Z")
N is for Negative Gram Staining Bacteria ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/39 "2008-05-30T06:57:20Z")
M for [DEL]President in 08’![/DEL] mycobacterium. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/40 "2008-05-30T07:00:54Z")
L is for all sorts of medical terms. All we know for sure is that it’s not Lupus. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871.md?page=3)