Mine is ‘pearly penile papules’ as it sounds like a fancy magic spell.
Hypopotomonstrososqepideliophobia. The phobia of long words
Amenorrhea and hyponatremia. I do also like orchidectomy, but I am less comfortable repeating it over and over than the others - it feels like it’ll be taken as a threat
Agalmatophilia
It’s the paraphilia of being sexually attracted to statues. Like stone marble statues.
Fistula.
Sounds sexual, but very much isn’t.
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
Spastic colon
Laparoscopic Appendectomy. Or as the doctors like to call it, a Lappy-Appy.
Toxic megacolon. Sounds like a metal band.
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
My words are taken so imma do a phrase
“FECAL VOMITING”
Like many others, could be a band name. Grindcore, probably. I imagine one of the worst experiences to go though. Vomiting is already terrible… butt now there’s shit.
Worm rot 😍
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
Lol as a medical person myself, reading all the comments her is so hilarious and refreshing. Gives me different perspective.
Infarction
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!
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.