Toxic megacolon. Sounds like a metal band.
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Oooh, good call! It totally does. I bet a Toxic Megacolon show would have a wild and kickass mosh pit.
Sphygmomanometer
I recently figured out you can arrange the letters of this word to make a Letter Boxed puzzle:
P G A
S H
O E
T N
Y M R
Mine is Omentum.
I went to med school for a grand total of one semester before I realized it wasn't for me. But during that semester I went through Gross Anatomy in which you dissect a cadaver bit by bit over the course of (IIRC) 8 weeks. Anyway in the abdominal cavity lies the greater omentum, a yellow net-like contraption that basically spans the stomach & intestines. It's super cool looking, probably my favorite structure I encountered in gross anatomy.
My least favorite thing about gross anatomy - other than that one really stinky cadaver - was Netter. Oh my god I felt like that text became an extension of my body, I was never not buried in it, along with so many lists of mnemonics. I still remember the mnemonic Roman Togas Don't Cover Balls to name the parts of the brachial plexus (Roots, Trunks, Divisions, Cords, and Branches).
Gross
My words are taken so imma do a phrase
βFECAL VOMITINGβ
Like many others, could be a band name. Grindcore, probably. I imagine one of the worst experiences to go though. Vomiting is already terribleβ¦ butt now thereβs shit.
Worm rot π
Synesthesia. That or prosopagnosia.
Ah, I've never encountered anyone else using the latter.
Did you know that Brad Pitt claims it?
edit: So do I, in case anyone thinks I'm being disparaging.
"Endocannabinoid system". It makes us sound like we just evolved a system specifically for processing THC.
Priapism. Gotta check for it in trauma patients.
Also a phenomenal instrumental progressive/fusion metal band
https://pryapisme.bandcamp.com/album/diabolicus-felinae-pandemonium
Thank you for this. My kind of band!
Infarction
Fistula.
Sounds sexual, but very much isn't.
Well, not with that attitude!
Free. As in free healthcare.
Any of the big compound medical words are fun to say and construct IMO. Adrenocorticotropic, deoxyribonucleic, those kinda words. They seem big and scary but theyβre quite descriptive and once you know the βformulaβ behind them itβs not too bad. Maybe not the most fun words but I feel good every time I can use one and deploy it like itβs no big deal (ie my mouth doesnβt fuck it up). Itβs like executing a big combo with your mouth.
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis - a rare disease that a friend has.
Echolalia
Or vagina. I really like vagina, and the word vagina.
But echolalia is more fun to say. It's like tintinnabulation or brobdingnagian in that regard, despite being shorter. But the sound of the word works so neatly with the meaning of the word.
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Pericardium.
Eptifabatide. My favorite drug name and people have a hard time with that p to t transition apparently, but it rolls off the tongue for me. Abciximab is another good one, but I'm pretty sure someone just wanted a name to start with ABC.
I like ondansetron ... I just picture a dancing robot
I always just pictured Santa Clause.
"On, Comet! Ondansetron! On, Donner and Blitzen!"
Ooh I love this!
Meninges
Idk if it's medical or more psychological but the term for when your hear a word so many times it loses meaning is one of my favorite phrases in the English language.
Semantic satiation
Amenorrhea and hyponatremia. I do also like orchidectomy, but I am less comfortable repeating it over and over than the others - it feels like itβll be taken as a threat
Spastic colon
purulent leakage, also known as pussy leakage (i.e., leakage involving pus)
Lol as a medical person myself, reading all the comments her is so hilarious and refreshing. Gives me different perspective.
Agalmatophilia
It's the paraphilia of being sexually attracted to statues. Like stone marble statues.
Hypochondria
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Supposedly a lung infection caused by inhaling very fine volcano dust. Technically invented by a group of word puzzle fans, but it's appeared in dictionaries.
This might also be the first time since I learned it (30+ years ago) that it's been even close to relevant in a conversation.
When I was a kid it was all about antidisestablishmentarianism and that's also still quite relevant
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Laparoscopic Appendectomy. Or as the doctors like to call it, a Lappy-Appy.
I've always thought "hemoglobin," "ankylosing spondylitis," "rectocele," and "postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome" were fun to say. There's definitely more medical words I like, but I've got mad brain fog, so I'm not able to come up with much at the moment. Which is a major bummer!
Sacroiliac and coccyx.
suppuration
Amyloidosis
metacarpals cuz it sounds like some shit a european philosopher from the 19th century wrote a 2000 page thesis on.
Blindsight and Echopraxia.
I've always liked thrombophlebitis. Not happy when a patient develops this, however
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