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Shiftmelt
The total surrender of body and mind collapsing into bed after a brutal night shift.
Scrubshade
Scalpshadow
The faint line of dryness where a scrub cap has pressed all day.
Plastisweat
Pagerdrop
The instant icy sink in your stomach when the cardiac arrest pager erupts.
Nearmissium
The cold-hot relief of catching a near-disaster just in time.
Morguequiet
Mealwheel
Linencross
Draping a sheet over a face for the last time.
Liftwhisper
The hushed conversations in a lift after something terrible.
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