What's the Craziest Medical Word/Name You've Learned?

[DOtobe]

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My class also got a kick out of "Buck's fascia" because we have an anatomy professor named Dr. Buck.

 

[4th year]

singlutus, trismus, vagismus

 

[b&ierstiefel]

frotteurism
priapism

 

[aphistis]

frotteurism
priapism

Frotteurism? You pick that up on a psych ward or something? Or have you been doing some independent field studies? 😉

 

[eddoc]

i was always a big fan of long words like lymphangioleiomyomatosis or esophagogastroduodenoscopy.

 

[SFAJess]

uvula

 

[DOrk]

My favorite muscles

Gastrocnemius
Levator ani
Levator palpebrae superioris
Orbicularis oculi

 

[drlexygoat]

anal wink

 

[vr4nut]

otorinolaringologo

Spanish for otolaryngologist. I found it odd to be learning a word like that in a mid-level Spanish class in undergrad.

 

[Doc 2b]

Proving that MDs can create big words for everyday things...

Micturate. Masticate.

I also like tensor veli palatini...just is fun to say.

All the words and someone finally got around to my fav, micturation....really how many name do you need for pissing...

 

[Heal&Teach]

Anybody else like saying mylohyoid??? 😀

Not as much as I like dorsiflexion, interosseus, and popliteal 😀

 

[Hosehead]

Macroorchadism- Large cahones!!

 

[Mike59]

"Gummatous necrosis"

"Thiazolidinedione derivatives"

 

[JunkintheTrunk]

canaliculi

can i lick you....lie...?? lol.

 

[AlexRusso]

In honor of the late BIGGIE smalls

Sar-sar-sartorious
he is...we are
sar-sar-Sartorious

couldn't get that outta my head all through anatomy.

 

[debvz]

Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum

Keratoderma blenorrhagicum

 

[dsblaha]

syncytiotrophoblast rolls off the tongue nicely

 

[closertofine]

I just learned "geranylgeranylation" or something like that...

Too bad it didn't help me on the last test!

 

[NateatUC]

The 2 that come immediately to my mind:

1. Since someone mentioned OB/GYN stuff, how about spinnbarkheit

and

2. I've always thought anosmia is pretty cool (the word, not the condition)

 

[drlove2007]

Funny a$$ word....

WENCHEBACH AV block. wtf? A Type II conduction block in examining EKGs.

 

[normalforce]

has anyone said...

dysdiodakokinesia

not sure if this is even how to spell it. it's a cerebellar problem I think.

 

[kevinf911]

1. nerve of the pterygoid canal
2. spermatic fascia

 

[DOtobe]

has anyone said...

dysdiodakokinesia

not sure if this is even how to spell it. it's a cerebellar problem I think.

That is my favorite word. I posted it on the first page of this thread 👍

 

[FionaS]

has anyone said...

dysdiodakokinesia

not sure if this is even how to spell it. it's a cerebellar problem I think.

Nearly! Dysdiadochokinesia...

It's my all time favourite too.

 

[patzan]

I like everything about "macromastia"

EDIT: I also like "anterior inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery"

 

[notstudying]

the flocculonodular lobe!

 

[TicDouloureux]

scybala. I wonder who decided we needed a special word for hard little balls of poo.

And my SDN name: tic douloureux. If I had a punk band, that's what I'd name it 😀

 

[buglady]

a few of my faves...

angiomyolipoma
pheochromocytoma
hemi-ballismus (but a demonstration by your professor is much more entertaining)
leiomyosarcoma

i like -omas!

 

[notstudying]

And my SDN name: tic douloureux. If I had a punk band, that's what I'd name it 😀

My punk band would be Toxic Megacolon 🙂 Though maybe the name would better suit an 80s "hair band"

 

[Doctortobee]

Rhizopus

 

[Dr. Rosenrose]

Brown Panty Syndrome- From eating oleen (wow chips)

 

[hedera916]

Hehe...I remember my roommate being deeply disturbed with the generic name "tacrolimus" for some reason.

Anyhow, I love "alexithymia"! It's a psych term. Definition? You know you're feeling something, but you're don't know what/how you're feeling.

 

[Amorphisgirl]

Cryptorchidism
(characterized by undescended testicles)
Might make for a great cheesy band name

General bio, folks 😛

 

[rdm]

anusitis - inflammation of the anus

 

[JudoKing01]

I think you've all missed the hilarity of visceral pleura.

Also, I think that the pure concept of an "incompetent os" is beautiful, which leads to the way that Cerclage rolls off the tongue.

 

[AJM]

Nice revival of a good thread!

I'm partial to lymphangioleiomyomatosis. Kind of looks like a whole lot of unnecessary syllables...

 

[Fenrezz]

Mycosis Fungoides

 

[Stinger86]

Choledocholithiasis and thiazolinedione

or "sont-imeter"

 

[DrChandy]

BPPV:

Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo

 

[JudoKing01]

It didn't occur to me at the time, but I definately referred to an incompetent os as beautiful. What the hell is wrong with me?

 

[spikyhairedgirl]

I'm a big fan of the word trichobezoar.
Not only because it refers to a hairball in the gut, but was also referenced somewhat by a Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode (Bad Eggs, the great mother Bezoar).

 

[CeLo]

The cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone

 

[Whisker Barrel Cortex]

Lymphangiomyolipomatosis (LAM for short)

 

[AJM]

Lymphangiomyolipomatosis (LAM for short)

Don't you mean lymphangioleiomyomatosis? That's the only LAM I know.

Still love that word - cause no one ever knows how to spell it! 🙂

 

[Whisker Barrel Cortex]

Don't you mean lymphangioleiomyomatosis? That's the only LAM I know.

Still love that word - cause no one ever knows how to spell it! 🙂

You are correct. Damn lysdexia. My other excuse is that I'm post call right now. Good thing I can just dictate it.

 

[onmyown0805]

Just thought of a good one...something you all can relate to...

Sphygmanomometer. What a beast of a word, but I do like the 'sph' sound.

 

[Portier]

At Emory a few years ago, they had a female IM team called the "Ovarian Cysters"

The Naval Hosptial in Jacksonville's Male Softball team (mostly Enlisted Corpsmen) was called RUPNOK's.

The joke is that Corpsmen are called, "Pecker Checkers" or "Penis Machinists" by the black shoe Navy a lot because STD's are a fair part of their work.

If you say the letters individuallly, "Are You Peeing OK" is what you get.

 

[Portier]

I did some thinking, and came up with these words:

General Medical:
Mammillary Bodies (boobs)
Human Papilloma Virus (boobs)
Wernicke-Korsakoff (Rimsky-Korsakoff the composer anyone?)
Cocksackie Virus causing Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease...what are you doing with your Cocksackie?
Dracunculosis (vampires?)
Coprophilia
Opisthotonos
Tensor/Levator Veli Palatini

Osteopathic:
IT spread (has to be seen to be appreciated)
Sacral Rocking (with or without clothes)
"pelvic release"??
Efflurage (your member?)
Pettrisage (in the back seat?)

Plain English words that sound Medical:
Eschatology
Fecund
Foible

Chemical
nonanal (should be dirty, but isn't)

Musical
(Sang to the tune of "Farmer in the Dell")

Par-lo-del, Par-lo-del

Bromo-criptine Mesylate is Par-LO-Delllllllll !!!

Cartoonish
Sphincter of Odi

 

[Gimlet]

And my SDN name: tic douloureux. If I had a punk band, that's what I'd name it 😀

Haha...when I was little my mom always used to warn me I'd get tic douloureux if I was being naughty, because it sounds so badass.

"Stop doing that...you'll get tic douloureux!"

 

[humuhumu]

Canal of Schlemm!

😀