Favorite word

[turtle md]

They say that learning medicine is similar to learning a foreign language, with all the new vocabulary words. Just curious to see what everyone's favorite medical word is.

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[lattimer13]

They say that learning medicine is similar to learning a foreign language, with all the new vocabulary words. Just curious to see what everyone's favorite medical word is.

i always thought priapism was funny...not just cause of what it means, but it just sounds funny to me.

 

[Febrifuge]

'Febrifuge' is an awesome word.

'Sternocleidomastoid' ain't too bad, either. I also really like the phrase 'eqsuisite tenderness.'

 

[GiJoe]

gubernaculum

"The gubernaculum is a fold of peritoneum which attaches to the caudal end of the testes. As the scrotum forms, the gubernaculum cause the descent of the testes through the inguinal canal."

 

[EctopicFetus]

Whipple.. I dont know why but that word just sounds funny to me.

I also like Roentogram, I dont know why either!

 

[emt-2-facep]

I think Rhinorrhea is a funny word...why can't one just say runny nose?

 

[NinerNiner999]

I like "excacerbate", but I heard it can cause palmar hursitism...

 

[DrQuinn]

the adjective for "lots of pus"

I truly like the word phlegm.

Buck's Fascia.

Accessory Nipple.

tunica vaginalis.

Fatty McFattypants.

Q

 

[toofache32]

I like "excacerbate", but I heard it can cause palmar hursitism...

Nope...you're thinking of "mastication".

 

[hyperbaric]

dysdiadochokinesis

 

[la gringa]

one of my favorites is sneeze en espanol = enstornudo

 

[Perrin]

polyembolokoilamania - unquenchable desire to stick objects into bodily orifices.

 

[FoughtFyr]

periungual desquamation...

love it!

- H

 

[EctopicFetus]

Add Onanism, not truly a medical term but most dont know what it means.

 

[toofache32]

Cleveland Steamer.

 

[leviathan]

They say that learning medicine is similar to learning a foreign language, with all the new vocabulary words. Just curious to see what everyone's favorite medical word is.

Torsade de Pointes. /frog emoticon

 

[DrQuinn]

Cleveland Steamer.

Donkey Punch.

 

[totalbodypain]

smegma

 

[DropkickMurphy]

Keraunopathological

 

[bulgethetwine]

Day off. Sorry, that's two.

 

[ERMudPhud]

Steatorrhea

My favorite thing to write on the ED board is "BTJ" (Back to Jail). Really no different then DC but somehow more satisfying

 

[colforbinMD]

Donkey Punch.

Dirty sanchez.

 

[The White Coat Investor]

the adjective for "lots of pus"


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Purulent?

Ha ha just kidding...I quit dictating ***** a long time ago.

 

[USCDiver]

Frotterism

 

[leviathan]

Dirty sanchez.

Jelly donut?

 

[toofache32]

Jelly donut?

I had to google that one. You guys are sick.

 

[USCDiver]

Careful Googling that filthy stuff. Better bet is www.urbandictionary.com... fun browsing there too.

 

[Gregg]

I had to google that one. You guys are sick.

I didn't know that one, either, and I'm pretty well versed in urban dirty-sex speak.
Felching. Tossing salad. My 2 favs.

 

[krust3]

so many to choose from!

bezoar

taint

doitus

orchiectomy (funny term, not at all a funny procedure)

code brown

peyronie

 

[achieman]

beer potomania

 

[USAF MD '05]

gorilla mask!

 

[oompaloompa]

"flocculent"

 

[Cougarblue]

Canal of Schlemm was my absolute favorite from anatomy. It just rolls off the tongue.

 

[bartleby]

Beat me to it!

Frotterism

Second choice: escutcheon

 

[DOrk]

1. balanitis xerotica obliterans

2. homonymous hemianopsia

3. Schwannoma (schwing!)