Hyper hypo

Hyper hypo

Author: The BMJ August 28, 2013 Duration: 18:44

In this week’s podcast Jayati Das-Munshi, from the Institute of Psychiatry, London, talks about her study into the mental health effects of ethnic density.

Also, hyper/hypo - antonyms that can sound almost identical. Adam Frankel and Phillip Vecchio from the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Woolloongabba, Australia, explain their their plan to do away with these troublesome prefixes.


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