Favorite science / medical word

[stealthopts17]

I'm probably going to get a lot of crap about this but whatever...


I've always been a big fan of 'clitoris'




*flamesuit on*

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[chable]

Duodenum. Jejunum is cool too. Ileum is a close third. I love my small intestine.

 

[Orthonut]

hemipenis

 

[yobynaes]

okay, this is really a math word

jerk-means the rate of change of the acceleration over time

of course, our biggest goal in 11th grade cal I class was to find the "jerk"

 

[StiGuyNY]

Penis

 

[spicedmanna]

otorhinolaryngology - a fancy word for the study of the ears, nose and throat.

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis - a disease that effects the lungs through inhalation of really small silica particles.

 

[polycon7]

Conjunctivitis

I dont know why I automatically think of English class when I come across that word.

 

[Jccripe]

prosopagnosia

 

[becky_C]

globular

 

[colbgw02]

pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism

 

[GuzzyRon]

Stat!

 

[GuzzyRon]

Scapel-please!

 

[xx216xx]

I know these aren't one word but I really like the way they sound together:

Cell suicide cascade
Beta-barrel

 

[shortitalian]

one I came across during my job as a transcriptionist...

dysdiadochokinesia

 

[TwinsFan34]

acetabulum

 

[DoctaJay]

nipple

just say the word out loud to yourself, and you'll understand

 

[mcat_study]

eukaryotic copulation

 

[AndrewB]

Cummingtonite

I didn't make it up.

http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/sillymolecules/sillymols.htm

 

[NY Musicologist]

Os innominatum

(poor thing...when good Dr. Gray was handing out the names, it must have been all the way at the back of the line!)

Fun thread...thanks.

 

[taloddar2002]

Schizogony!

 

[baylormed]

Homonculus.

 

[kingtz]

Vagina
Endoplasmic Reticulum

 

[Mr. Tee]

Ethanol.

 

[SitraAchra]

Quone.

When a patient gets upset, you quone them.

 

[IVAN404]

hippopotomus

 

[potato51]

anatomical snuff box

 

[Julius Erving]

Priapism

 

[LJoo83]

ulnar.
homeostasis.

 

[polycon7]

Islet of Langerhans


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[Vvandenn]

Syncope. (sing-kuh-pee) Means fainting.

 

[AppleStrudel]

rattus norvegicus

 

[Yipster32]

Sphygmomonometer, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanaconiosis

 

[Dr.D-man]

epididymis

 

[Dr.D-man]

and infundibulum

 

[njmd55]

Bacteriophage T-4. It sounds like a cartoon name.

 

[Severus]

agouti

 

[kidthor]

surfactant or maybe stiction

 

[lil1gigglez]

exsanguinate

 

[Mr. McDuck]

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

Fear of long words.

 

[lil1gigglez]

I changed my mind...

postcoital mictirition

 

[MonkeyNuts!]

the

 

[njhanson82]

necrotizing fasciitis

 

[lil1gigglez]

necrotizing fasciitis

caused by MRSA

 

[BunnyMonkey]

Medulla oblongata

zwitterion

 

[Natatiap]

Doctor <<mylastname>>

Thats cute so I'm sure you realized your name will be Dr Doctor. Thats very unique

 

[novawildcat]

Ultrafilter
herpes

 

[Johnny_one_eye]

peristalsis

 

[Falco2525]

Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine

and

Phosphofructokinase (PFK)

 

[taydoctor]

I had a good one in mind, but I forgot it. Anyways, since I am only in high school biology mine would have to be golgi apparatus...............or possibly myocardial infarction?

 

[mrsdkelley]

nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide

or

flavin adenine dinucleotide

or

oxidative phosphoralation