I can't stand the word, "facies". Anyone else?

[Mopp22]

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Duod-enum or duo-denum?

I prefer duo-denum.

I do like to say peduncle/s.

 

[283412]

It's latin for "appearance". Pronounced FOCK Eee ACE, singular.

Everyone thinks it means face. Having studied latin for 4 years, first year anatomy made me cringe with the mispronunciations. Oh well.

 

[Pinner Doc]

It's latin for "appearance". Pronounced FOCK Eee ACE, singular.

Everyone thinks it means face. Having studied latin for 4 years, first year anatomy made me cringe with the mispronunciations. Oh well.

Well, if that's the case, the Latin powers that be should not fault us for pronouncing it "face-ees" when it's preceded by "moon like."

Instead, it should be something like "facies de la lune".... or something.

 

[Jolie South]

Well, if that's the case, the Latin powers that be should not fault us for pronouncing it "face-ees" when it's preceded by "moon like."

Instead, it should be something like "facies de la lune".... or something.

We all know that people pronounce "peau d'orange" appropriately. As a French speaker, I'd much rather an inappropriate anglicized (is that a word?) version.

Peau DAY oraaaange- makes me cringe every time.

 

[Ashers]

It isn't a surgeon thing, it's a northeast thing. I've only really heard it from people who trained in New York or Boston (be they radiologists [the first time I ever heard it], internists, pediatricians or surgeons).

Add Southern CA and WI then too. I heard it ALL the time on my surg rotation with people who trained in WI here in Milwaukee. And my dad trained in CA, and when I was out in CA on an away rotation, most of the guys out there trained in CA, and they all said it.

I did ask my dad a long ago why he said it. It was some weird reason, that I don't remember. I remember asking him what a sontimeter was though when I was in elementary school learning about the metric system.

 

[Knicks]

"Pauciarticular" has been bit of a bothersome word, too.