Favorite vet terms

[CoffeeQuestionMark]

I can't be the only one out there that really super appreciates some of the words used in the veterinary world.

I love it when a cell blebs
I feel a little dark when I laugh at AGASACA
and don't even get me started on poikilocytosis

What are your favorites?

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[JaynaAli]

Pseudocoprostasis is one of my favorite 'diagnoses'.

Also
Acetabulum.
Gubernaculum.
Enthesiophyte.

 

[Coquette22]

"Pedunculated". Seriously. It's just fun to say.

Also "idiopathic gastroenteritis" because it's a fancy-ass way to say "your stomach and intestines are pissed off but I have no idea why".

 

[psilovethomas]

Moist.

 

[SkiOtter]

Moist.

*reported and banned*

 

[genny]

Ceruminous cystomatosis is one of my favorite diagnoses to say.

My favorite anatomy term is margo plicatus, though I don't really have much use for it as a small animal GP. Maybe I'll name my next cat Margo.

 

[CalliopeDVM]

borborygmus
pheochromocytoma
masticatory myositis

 

[PrincessButterCup]

emphysema
avulsion
edema
icterus

 

[PrincessButterCup]

emphysema
avulsion
edema
icterus

Edema is one of my favorites because 90% of the time our students either didn't notice it or didn't know what it was. I got to feel all smart when I pointed it out. 😀 Same for emphysema. Plus they're just fun to say.

 

[Teepster87]

Alot of the terms for stuff wrong with eyes like blepharospasms

 

[PippyPony]

Atelectasis is really fun to say

I second genny's comment about margo plicatus. Plus, the fundus sounds fun to me.

A lot of horse/large animal terms are pretty goofy, like windpuffs, scratches, hunter's bump... and a bunch more that I'm weirdly blanking on right now.

I chuckle a little bit every time someone mentions doing a CT on a cat, because cat scan lol

(Pet scan also falls into the same category, but is slightly less funny to me because there is less cat involved)

I also enjoy literally anything that is said by our British and Australian professors.

 

[pp9]

Purkinje.



But also biased because that's what I named my dog 😛

I also like anything that ends in '-itis' for some reason. Probably because you always understand what's going on with the patient clinically if someone says the animal has an '-itis' of sorts.

 

[genny]

I also enjoy literally anything that is said by our British and Australian professors.

Our Irish renal physiology professor used to say "ca-PILL-a-ries" instead of "CAP-il-air-ees". Adorable and hilarious at the same time. And our Indian anatomy prof (who taught in the UK for years) used to say "develop" in such a way that it sounded like "double up".

 

[johnsmith123]

Micturition sounds so much more elegant than "peeing".

 

[CalliopeDVM]

"ca-PILL-a-ries" instead of "CAP-il-air-ees".

That's the right way to say it.
We had a neurologist with a strong French accent, and you can now tell which vets went to OVC during her time there, because they still say "me-NAH-ss" instead of "MEN-ahss".

 

[SARdoghandler]

Omphalophlebitis

Will always be my favourite.

I also like Schmoo. I suggested it as a name for a Spruce Meadows foal this year. It did not win.

 

[PrincessButterCup]

It bothers me when people say duoDEnum. It just ain't right.

 

[CoffeeQuestionMark]

It bothers me when people say duoDEnum. It just ain't right.

It bothers me when ileum is spelled as ilium. Two very different things.

 

[DVMDream]

Smegma

 

[JaynaAli]

It bothers me when ileum is spelled as ilium. Two very different things.

Funny story, one day I was writing up a sample that was described as 'ileum mass'. I don't know why I had a brain fart but I was 100% convinced it was a bony mass...reassured my faculty it was bone even though it was an epithelial tumor on the slide which is super rare for a bone lesion. It was actually an intestinal mass in the ileum. Oops.

 

[Trilt]

Subspectacular abscesses 😍

 

[DVMDream]

Subspectacular abscesses 😍

Ugh, I remember the two snakes I saw in vet school on primary care. One of them had this, the other had necroti, mummified, dead snake babies. Since they both needed surgery, another student had to pick up one of them, so he took the subspectacular abscess and was in/out and done fast. I got stuck with the most awful, disgusting, insanely long 3 hour surgery of removing dead baby mummified, infected snake baby from the snake, uterus had ruptured. The smell had apparently permeated through the surgery suite to the point that the surgeons (on the complete other side of the surgery suite. Surgery suite was set up with non-sterile endoscope procedure rooms on one side, in the middle a large open room for set-up, induction, etc and then another hall with surgery rooms for sterile procedures. We were on non-sterile side and they were using the sterile side) talked about cancelling some of their more elective procedures because they couldn't handle the smell any longer.

Will never again, never, ever, ever, ever again, see another snake. Nope, no thank you, I had my experience, I am done.

 

[that redhead]

Ugh, I remember the two snakes I saw in vet school on primary care. One of them had this, the other had necroti, mummified, dead snake babies. Since they both needed surgery, another student had to pick up one of them, so he took the subspectacular abscess and was in/out and done fast. I got stuck with the most awful, disgusting, insanely long 3 hour surgery of removing dead baby mummified, infected snake baby from the snake, uterus had ruptured. The smell had apparently permeated through the surgery suite to the point that the surgeons (on the complete other side of the surgery suite. Surgery suite was set up with non-sterile endoscope procedure rooms on one side, in the middle a large open room for set-up, induction, etc and then another hall with surgery rooms for sterile procedures. We were on non-sterile side and they were using the sterile side) talked about cancelling some of their more elective procedures because they couldn't handle the smell any longer.

Will never again, never, ever, ever, ever again, see another snake. Nope, no thank you, I had my experience, I am done.

More for me 😀

I like "eosinophilia" and "subaortic stenosis" - they just have a nice flow to them.

Veterinary words I can never say right: silver sulfadiazine. "Silver...sulfur..diazepam? You know, that cream."

 

[Frozenshades]

I've always found amorphous globosus to be fun to say. Plus I think it would be a hilarious nerd insult.

 

[Frozenshades]

It bothers me when ileum is spelled as ilium. Two very different things.

I lost points on an exam once for messing that up. I'm not still bitter.

 

[DVMDream]

More for me 😀

I like "eosinophilia" and "subaortic stenosis" - they just have a nice flow to them.

Veterinary words I can never say right: silver sulfadiazine. "Silver...sulfur..diazepam? You know, that cream."

Sulfa. Die. A. Zeen.

 

[genny]

More for me 😀

I like "eosinophilia" and "subaortic stenosis" - they just have a nice flow to them.

Veterinary words I can never say right: silver sulfadiazine. "Silver...sulfur..diazepam? You know, that cream."

SSD cream? 😉

 

[pp9]

That's the right way to say it.

ugh like how cocci is actually 'coxee' and bacilli is 'bacillee'

 

[genny]

ugh like how cocci is actually 'coxee' and bacilli is 'bacillee'

No, I think that Americans just pronounce capillary differently than other English-speaking countries do.

 

[Trilt]

SSD cream? 😉

This. I definitely don't even try. With clients it's SSD, with techs it's "grab me the white goop I like thanks"

 

[pp9]

No, I think that Americans just pronounce capillary differently than other English-speaking countries do.

Yeah, that's my point, other countries don't pronounce cocci and bacilli the way we do. I never knew this was a thing until I worked under a vet who was really annoying about correcting everyone who said it wrong 🙄 Then I started hearing it from people who trained outside of American and I can't not notice it now

 

[CoffeeQuestionMark]

Yeah, that's my point, other countries don't pronounce cocci and bacilli the way we do. I never knew this was a thing until I worked under a vet who was really annoying about correcting everyone who said it wrong 🙄 Then I started hearing it from people who trained outside of American and I can't not notice it now

But it isn't wrong, just different. Like how the island or the water "La Croix" is pronounced La Croy but would usually be said La Kwa. It bothers me... But is technically not wrong

 

[cdo96]

I like ligamentum arteriosum because it sounds like a Harry Potter spell.

 

[jaboo]

Someone in my class says “carpometacarpal joint” really fast and it makes me laugh every time. I’ll never forget that joint either!

 

[CalliopeDVM]

Like how the island or the water "La Croix" is pronounced La Croy but would usually be said La Kwa.

Or La Crwa.

Different strokes.......

 

[CoffeeQuestionMark]

Or La Crwa.

Different strokes.......

I can't even say that. What is that sound?

 

[SkiOtter]

I can't even say that. What is that sound?

I think it’s the first half of croy and second half of kwa?

 

[CoffeeQuestionMark]

I think it’s the first half of croy and second half of kwa?

But they don't go together.

 

[grebes4lyfe]

not really a "favorite" vet term, but I work in wildlife rehab and I always enjoy the work around that comes along with describing nasty wounds filled with pus, e.g. "wound is very juicy and p*ssy... er... pus-y .....ehhhhh imma go with pus-filled"

 

[DVMDream]

not really a "favorite" vet term, but I work in wildlife rehab and I always enjoy the work around that comes along with describing nasty wounds filled with pus, e.g. "wound is very juicy and p*ssy... er... pus-y .....ehhhhh imma go with pus-filled"

The word for that is purulent.

That wound has purulent discharge.

 

[SkiOtter]

But they don't go together.

Doesn’t mean people don’t still say it

 

[grebes4lyfe]

The word for that is purulent.

That wound has purulent discharge.

I will share this with the entire staff. It's gonna be a great day.
Not quite sure why our vet hasn't corrected any of us yet... but some of the super obvious work-arounds are pretty funny to read, so maybe that's why

 

[pp9]

But is technically not wrong

Depends on who you ask 😉

Someone in my class says “carpometacarpal joint” really fast and it makes me laugh every time. I’ll never forget that joint either!

One of my anatomy groupmates said bulbourethral glands at record speed every time

 

[Filly Bay]

Some of my favorites are omphalophlebitis, epiploic foramen, margo plicatus, technetium, and typhlocolitis.

 

[cdo96]

I used to like Margo plicatus until I found out that it’s where Gasterophilus like to hang out and I saw them in my cadaver in comparative anatomy...

 

[Doktor Timo]

My favorite muscle will always be the omotransversarius.

 

[clairebear210]

Nucleus pulposus
Pizzle rot

 

[psilovethomas]

SSD cream? 😉

Cancer cream.

 

[Trilt]

Cancer cream.

No, no - that's furazone ointment. 😛 nothing that fluorescent can be good for you.

 

[Doctor-S]

Borborygmus ... and "cat burrito" (you know ... wrapping the cat in a towel).

We don't have cat burritos in human medicine even though it's a super-cute term!