Nurses Relations
Published Mar 25, 2013
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Vespertinas
652 Posts
theres also the all-impossible technical name for the bp monitorsphygmomanometer ? (hopefully i got that one) i like to practice spelling it from time to time. firefox has no idea what i'm trying to spell haha
sphygmomanometer ? (hopefully i got that one) i like to practice spelling it from time to time. firefox has no idea what i'm trying to spell haha
I love saying this word. I use it whenever I have the opportunity because I'm a ham and people actually think I'm joking or exaggerating ...but I'm NOT, that's really the word!!
chrisrn24
905 Posts
I hate "sonimeter" or whatever it is.
uRNmyway, ASN, RN
1,080 Posts
Thought I'd post this for your entertainment:
seanynjboy, BSN
225 Posts
Don't forget Pharynx also badly pronounced as (fair-nix). I am with you on this one....my instructors IN SCHOOL even said it the "bad" way
That was ACTUALLY a Final Jeopardy answer one time :)
(referring to a sphygmomanometer in an earlier comment)
ComeTogether, LPN
1 Article; 2,178 Posts
its pronounced sphyg-mom-an-om-eter isnt it? Or is it pronounced sphyg-mometer. My CNA instructor told me it was the later but I think its the first. :-)
morte, LPN, LVN
7,015 Posts
sphyg-mo-ma-nom-e-ter
Merriam Webster
calivianya, BSN, RN
2,418 Posts
I had no idea there was any way to say "rales" other than "rails." I have never heard anyone say it any other way - I probably would have given anyone who pronounced it differently a really funny look. "Rails" is correct pronunciation where I'm from - heard it like that from MDs, instructors, coworkers, everyone.
amoLucia
7,736 Posts
OK, it's getting late. Have to go The WalMart, The ACME and The ShopRite in the morning. I went to Sears, JC Penney's, KMart, Pathmark & Kroeger's yesterday.
Of all the posts on this thread, that one ( THE) cracks me up. Never realized I did it.
I also say mer-sa!!!
I also call it "heiney flu" for H1N1.
sphyg-mo-ma-nom-e-terMerriam Webster
DUH! LOL I probably could have done that
carolinapooh, BSN, RN
3,577 Posts
OK, it's getting late. Have to go The WalMart, The ACME and The ShopRite in the morning. I went to Sears, JC Penney's, KMart, Pathmark & Kroeger's yesterday.Of all the posts on this thread, that one ( THE) cracks me up. Never realized I did it.I also say mer-sa!!!
Psst. *nudges amoLucia* I'm from NC. It's Kroger. :) As in 'let's go Krogering' (actual old advert). Nothin' fancy 'bout it. :)
And it's actually not JCPenney's. It's the name of the founder, not in the possessive. JCPenney. Though I think most everyone says the "'s".
I hate hate hate HATE 'supposably' (OMG) and I TRULY hate 'irregardless'. OMG OMG OMG.
Anyone ever have a patient with - I love this, though, it's very country! - 'sugar diabeetis' or 'diabeetus', with or without the article 'the'? :)
Wanted to add: it's not Down's, it's Down Syndrome. And knowing it usually doesn't make it easier to remember.