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cracker22 | 14:42 Fri 22nd Mar 2013 | Crosswords
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16d Medical condition of Washington secretary and relative (8) ?T?N?S?S

I presume it is STENOSIS (which I had to look up dammit, otherwise I wouldn't have had to cheat this week). OK the relative is SIS, but where does STENO come from? I'm stumped (yet again).
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steno(grapher) http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/steno
14:45 Fri 22nd Mar 2013
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Steno(grapher) - secretary
14:44 Fri 22nd Mar 2013
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16d Steno sis
14:45 Fri 22nd Mar 2013
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And 'Washington' indicates it is an American expression.
14:45 Fri 22nd Mar 2013
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Sorry - as K says steno(grapher)
14:45 Fri 22nd Mar 2013
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steno(grapher)

http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/steno
14:45 Fri 22nd Mar 2013
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OK thanks. Not my favourite clue, as there are no references to STENO being an abbreviation (on Google nor in the clue)
14:48 Fri 22nd Mar 2013
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Fair enough Oldred!
14:50 Fri 22nd Mar 2013
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I think it's OK - steno is in Chambers as N American informal word for a stenographer.
14:51 Fri 22nd Mar 2013
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Not on the online version (which I've just created a link to on my desktop) or on my usual dictionary.com, but I see it is in my Collins English Dictionary, which I never use. I just learnt that sometimes paper is better than e!

Thanks
14:58 Fri 22nd Mar 2013

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