Favorite Words

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As a third year nursing student, I find myself coming across more words that I just love to say, (top favorites are atelectasis and erythropoietin)

Anybody else love any cool new words ? ;)

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Atelectasis is a good one.

For some reason I like Hemoptysis and Dysphagia :wacky:

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Specializes in Critical Care, Education.

Actually, I have always thought that "diarrhea" is a lovely-sounding word.... almost musical, right? In fact, most of the -rhea words sound pretty.

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My LPN teacher a long time ago loved to say superficial fascia! Cracked me up every time she said it and laughed!

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Necrotizing fasciitis. I could say it all day long with a big smile on my face.

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Specializes in Med Surg.

Megacolon. Horrible disease process, hilarious name.

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Okay, it's not my favorite word... but a little girl I used to nanny came down with rubella and she thought it was the most beautiful word ever. She keeps saying she wants to name her future daughter Rubella.

I strangely like words ending in -dermal. Something about them just rolls off the tongue.

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.
Hydatidiform mole I just love that word.
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Thrombosis!

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Specializes in Med/Surg,Cardiac.

Infarction. Never a good thing, but I like the word.

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Lingual frenulum

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Specializes in Oncology/hematology.

Auscultation is my favorite so far. No one that I know has an idea what I'm saying, which is fun.

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