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>> Note that the medical industry chose MRI because it hides a word that is so taboo they don't even want to see it mentioned anywhere: "Nuclear" > Not so sure
by mehrdadn 7y ago
>> Note that the medical industry chose MRI because it hides a word that is so taboo they don't even want to see it mentioned anywhere: "Nuclear"
> Not so sure medicine is afraid to use the word "nuclear".
MRI was originally called NMRI (nuclear magnetic resonance imaging), but "nuclear" was dropped to avoid negative associations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_resonance_imaging https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_resonance_imaging