Categories: Comparisons
An example of metaphor in public science discourse:
"the nervous system is a puppet-master, effectively it controls the circulation, it controls how blood flows in and out of a certain part of the body…"
"And in some people the nervous system can be so sensitive that [surgery] would be enough to send the nervous system into a tail spin of over-protection and hypersensitivity."
Dr Deepak Ravindran
Dr Deepak Ravindran (clinical lead for pain medicine at the Royal Berkshire Hospital) was speaking on an episode ('Poppy') of BBC Radio 4 programme/podast 'Room 5: Medical mysteries'.
Tags: nervous system
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