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

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[–] MoonMelon@lemmy.ml 26 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Toxic megacolon. Sounds like a metal band.

[–] Zoop@beehaw.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

Oooh, good call! It totally does. I bet a Toxic Megacolon show would have a wild and kickass mosh pit.

[–] lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] klemptor@startrek.website 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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).

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] squid_slime@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

Worm rot 😍

[–] mrbean343@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Synesthesia. That or prosopagnosia.

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[–] Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hypopotomonstrososqepideliophobia. The phobia of long words

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[–] AtomicHotSauce@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Priapism. Gotta check for it in trauma patients.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] AtomicHotSauce@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Thank you for this. My kind of band!

[–] EABOD25@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago
[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Fistula.

Sounds sexual, but very much isn't.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 2 points 2 weeks ago

Well, not with that attitude!

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Free. As in free healthcare.

[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

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 they’re quite descriptive and once you know the “formula” behind them it’s not too bad. Maybe not the most fun words but I feel good every time I can use one and deploy it like it’s no big deal (ie my mouth doesn’t fuck it up). It’s like executing a big combo with your mouth.

[–] Dhrystone@infosec.pub 4 points 2 weeks ago

Lymphangioleiomyomatosis - a rare disease that a friend has.

[–] kowcop@aussie.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

Spastic colon

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

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.

[–] TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

purulent leakage, also known as pussy leakage (i.e., leakage involving pus)

Pericardium.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] Oyml77@lemmy.today 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I like ondansetron ... I just picture a dancing robot

[–] Oyml77@lemmy.today 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I always just pictured Santa Clause.

"On, Comet! Ondansetron! On, Donner and Blitzen!"

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 2 points 2 weeks ago

Ooh I love this!

[–] CulturedLout@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago
[–] Zoop@beehaw.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

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!

[–] UNY0N@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Laparoscopic Appendectomy. Or as the doctors like to call it, a Lappy-Appy.

[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Sacroiliac and coccyx.

[–] mitrosus@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 weeks ago

Lol as a medical person myself, reading all the comments her is so hilarious and refreshing. Gives me different perspective.

[–] 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. :)

[–] philpo@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

Agalmatophilia

It's the paraphilia of being sexually attracted to statues. Like stone marble statues.

[–] limitsomething@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

Hypochondria

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Blindsight and Echopraxia.

[–] Nemo 1 points 2 weeks ago

suppuration

[–] fool@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago

Sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia (brain freeze)

it's just too long for something so mundane lol. who are you fooling, palatine??

[–] houstoneulers@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Amyloidosis

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

Methylphenidadhydrochlorid :)

[–] dillydogg@lemmy.one 1 points 2 weeks ago

I've always liked thrombophlebitis. Not happy when a patient develops this, however

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