# 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:** 3
**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 30, 2008, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/41 "2008-05-30T07:11:18Z")
K is for _Kuru_ … hmmm, must be breakfast time. Si ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/42 "2008-05-30T17:20:29Z")
J is for jugular vein. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/43 "2008-05-30T19:08:35Z")
I is for Iocaine Powder. One of the deadlier poisons known to man. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/44 "2008-05-30T19:14:13Z")
H is for _Herpes zoster_. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/45 "2008-05-30T19:25:41Z")
G is for ze German measles. ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/46 "2008-05-30T20:30:04Z")
F is for [Faget’s sign](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faget_sign), landmark on the road to morbid fate. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/47 "2008-05-30T20:52:58Z")
E is for Erithromycin ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/48 "2008-05-31T01:40:53Z")
D is for **Death**! ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/49 "2008-05-31T03:09:42Z")
[QUOTE=WF Tomba] D is for **Death**! [/QUOTE] The only cure for Glaubner’s disease. C is for _Clostridium botulinum_. ---
**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 31, 2008, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/50 "2008-05-31T03:45:14Z")
B A is for **bon appétit**! ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/51 "2008-05-31T05:04:51Z")
A is for Actinomma! ---
**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 31, 2008, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/52 "2008-05-31T05:09:38Z")
A A is for Aldolase A deficiency (if that doesn’t kill the thread, I don’t know what will) ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/53 "2008-05-31T05:59:15Z")
B B is for Borrelia burgdorferi (the cause of Lyme disease). (An adjective or description of your word would be really nice and helpful) ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/54 "2008-05-31T06:00:22Z")
[QUOTE=Tapioca Dextrin] A A is for Aldolase A deficiency (if that doesn’t kill the thread, I don’t know what will) [/QUOTE] Don’t die on me now, you bastard! Give me 2 cc’s of Epi, and get the crash cart in here! C C is for Crash Cart (Gotta love House) or it’s for “cc” ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/55 "2008-05-31T07:39:53Z")
[QUOTE=RoOsh] Don’t die on me now, you bastard! Give me 2 cc’s of Epi, and get the crash cart in here! C C is for Crash Cart (Gotta love House) or it’s for “cc” [/QUOTE] (I guess that doesn’t mean DD can be for “Demolition Derby”, huh?) ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/56 "2008-05-31T14:58:51Z")
D D is for DD-transpeptidase! A nifty little protein that binds with penicillin to create a penicilloyl-enzyme intermediate… ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/57 "2008-05-31T17:05:52Z")
E E is for Ebola-genic emesis. [sub]OK, it’s a stretch, but it’s still in the theme![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/58 "2008-05-31T17:14:47Z")
F F is for fractured femur. ---
**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 31, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/59 "2008-05-31T18:01:01Z")
G G is for Gorgeous George ---
**Author:** ![JayRx1981](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71e660/32.png) [@JayRx1981](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JayRx1981)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-is-for-anthracinum/450871/60 "2008-05-31T18:29:24Z")
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