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What is your favourite medical word (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 weeks ago by squid_slime@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Mine is 'pearly penile papules' as it sounds like a fancy magic spell.

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[–] Odo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

When I was a kid it was all about antidisestablishmentarianism and that's also still quite relevant

[–] SoGrumpy@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

Which, unfortunately for you, has no relevance in this thread as it isn't a medical word.

Nice try though. :)