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Pathway 1, Subject 3

Goals of Care Γ

Solution: ASKLEPIOS

Solves: 59 Guesses: 132

Each picture references a medical concept that contains a Greek letter:

  • Alpha waves (EEG)
  • Sigmoid colon
  • Light chain (Kappa or Lambda)
  • Light chain (Kappa or Lambda)
  • Epsilon wave (ECG)
  • Pi bond
  • International Ovarian Tumor Analysis (IOTA) group ultrasound rules for ovarian masses
  • SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant (first detected in Botswana)
  • Sigmoid sinus

Converting each Greek letter to its Latin equivalent gives ASKLEPIOS, the Greek god of medicine (more commonly known by the Latin spelling Asclepius). The light chains are ambiguous, but the KL order gives a solution that makes much more thematic sense than the LK order.



Author's notes

Author: Allen

There's a lot of Classical influence on medicine through Greek and Latin derivatives and naming, which is a running theme we explore a lot within MDSC Puzzles. Oh, and the title of this puzzle contains capital Gamma, the Greek letter equivalent for the letter C.


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Guess log

Frequency Guess
59 ASKLEPIOS
7 ASCLEPIUS
2 ASCLEPIOS
2 ASKLEDKOS
2 ASKLEEIOS
2 ASKLEPIUS
2 GAMMA
1 AESCULAPIUS
1 AESKLEPIUS
1 AESKLIPIUS
1 ALKALOIDS
1 AS
1 ASCLEPIOD
1 ASK
1 ASKKDESIOS
1 ASKKEPPOS
1 ASKKEPTOS
1 ASKLDEIOS
1 ASKLEDPOS
1 ASKLEPIOD
1 ASKLEPIOUS
1 ASKLEPIZS
1 ASKLEPPOS
1 ASKLEPTOS
1 ASKLPEIOS
1 ASKLRPIOS
1 ASKLTEIOS
1 ASKLTPIOS
1 ASKLUEIOS
1 ASLEEP
1 ASLEEPIED
1 ASLEEPING
1 ASLKEEOIS
1 ASLKEPPOS
1 ASLLEPPOS
1 CROSS
1 DISKLESS
1 DOOR
1 DRABCD
1 DRJKED
1 DUALSENSORYLOSA
1 DUALSENSORYLOSS
1 EIGHT
1 GASKLTPIOS
1 IOTA
1 LEDPOS
1 LIGHTUP
1 LIPIDPROFILE
1 NOBREATH
1 NOCPR
1 NOINTUBATION
1 PALLIATIVE
1 SCHOOL
1 SIGMA
1 SIGMOID
1 SLEEP
1 SYSTEM
1 TEST
1 THEOL
1 THEOLOGY
1 THSKLOPIOS
1 THSKLOSIOS
1 TRIPODSPILL

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