Cool medical terms...

[MineralMan]

Two of my favorites:

Hordeolum - stye
Bezoar - concretion in stomach or digestive track, as in hairball.

What are your favorite medical terms?

[tridim]

1. Fatty Carbuncle.

And Spleen.

I'm sure I'll think of more.

"Sonic Hedgehog" - The gene responsible for building fingers on the hand.

[MannyGoldstein]

2. Intensivist - ICU doc

Idiopathic - idunno why
Postprandial torpor - getting tired after you eat
Sphygmomanometer - blood pressure reader
Prolly a few more will come to mind

[alfie]

3. Otolaryngologist

Otolaryngologist - ear, nose, throat specialist

[LiberalEsto]

4. "Results are negative."

and "Your insurance covers this."

[3catwoman3]

5. Worried Well Exam

This is the diagnosis I get to use when a child is brought in for a rash that is so negligible that I have to ask the parents where is it.

Trichotillomania is rather fun to say, but not fun to have - pulling out one's own hair/eyelashes and eating them. Leads to the above metioned bezoars.

[postulater]

6. My favorite is puppareena.

Toddler name for vulva.

My daughters picked it up from the sitter when they were young. I have no idea how it relates to any real word.

[840high]

7. My fav is charting

patient is SOB. (Short of Breath).

[kickysnana]

8. Single payer, clinical diagnosis. n/t

[bemildred]

9. Cough. nt

[Warpy]

10. Medicine is full of 10 dollar words nobody much uses

Micturition=pissing

Eructation=burping

Some of the unofficial stuff is great, but a little too macabre for civilians, they find it disrespectful.