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Spinal stenosis, back, hip & leg issues: A good office chair?
Spine Health | Last Active: May 6, 2019 | Replies (31)Comment receiving replies
@contentandwell --
Hi JK, according to https://www.etymonline.com/word/practice:
"practice (v.)
c. 1400, "to do, act;" early 15c., "to follow or employ; to carry on a profession," especially medicine, from Old French pratiser, practiser "to practice," alteration of practiquer, from Medieval Latin practicare "to do, perform, practice," from Late Latin practicus "practical," from Greek praktikos "practical" (see practical).
From early 15c. as "to perform repeatedly to acquire skill, to learn by repeated performance;" mid-15c. as "to perform, to work at, exercise." Related: Practiced; practicing.
practice (n.)
early 15c., practise, "practical application," originally especially of medicine but also alchemy, education, etc.; from Old French pratiser, from Medieval Latin practicare (see practice (v.)). From early 15c. often assimilated in spelling to nouns in -ice. Also as practic, which survived in parallel into 1"
In other words, a Medical or Attorney "Practice" (as a noun) is a place (office) where Medical or Legal actions take place.
However, a lot of fun can be had, by using the verb "to Practice" ... Practice before you kill someone ... Practice to be a better lawyer ... Etc. etc... Stay well JK!
--Dee
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@danielad Dee, this cracked me up because it is generally so much like me to look something like that up! Google was made for people like us.
It's interesting, thanks for the info. This pretty much does say that it does involve practicing as we know it:
From early 15c. as "to perform repeatedly to acquire skill, to learn by repeated performance;" mid-15c. as "to perform, to work at, exercise." Related: Practiced; practicing.
I have not seen this discussed, having someone there to also "see" and if necessary "say" something, and of course if you having surgery, once you are taken in someone else would not be allowed to accompany you. If I have an important doctor visit my husband generally does come but frankly most of the time I am more comfortable if he does not. If my daughter was close by I would love to have her with me. She is not in a medical profession yet seems to have a natural affinity for medical information. At one point she planned to change course and become a PA but then she decided to stay with her profession as a writer.
JK