Pixelhold
The breathless pause while an X-ray crawls onto the screen.
Topic
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A collection of 113 issues
Phlevue
Pagerdrop
The instant icy sink in your stomach when the cardiac arrest pager erupts.
Nightwater
Nearmissium
The cold-hot relief of catching a near-disaster just in time.
Namefold
The way you mentally fold away a patient's name so it does't follow you home.
Morguequiet
Mealwheel
Linencross
Draping a sheet over a face for the last time.
Liftwhisper
The hushed conversations in a lift after something terrible.