Guess the mispronounced medical term

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After a recent EMS run where I was momentarily stumped by a patient's condition, I thought it might be fun to see if it stumps anyone else.

The term: Sack-a-docious

Hint: Patient's chief complaint is, "My lungs be painin' me because of my sack-a-docious."

Anyone?

Specializes in Hospital Education Coordinator.

had a lady tell me her medical history included a "hysterical rectum". I believe she meant hysterectomy. Hers sounded more fun than mine.

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Oh, don't get me going on spelling errors and typos!

A few classics:

COPD exasperation

Armenia

Sincopy

Phenergran

and my personal pet peeve, made by docs as well as nurses and secretaries:

aggitation

(It's ONE g, folks!)

Our registration folks were horrible spellers--- or typists. Maybe both. Looking at the computer, it was sometimes impossible to even know what the admitting diagnosis was; but my all-time favorite was "eurosepsis" :lol2:

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As a former transcriptionist, I probably wouldn't have even paused! Even highly educated doctors, who know what they mean to say, don't always say it! That's what makes transcription hard, you have to know what they mean, not just type what they say, and if you don't one or both of you are going to look like an idiot. Docs always loved a good transcriptionist who made them look good despite themselves!

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One of the funniest ones I hear over and over is lamonia= Pneumonia

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Specializes in many.

One of our family practice docs is from China, I love her but if I see her write an order for "pt may get in birthing bowl" one more time we will have to have discussion about the birthing BALL and what it does.

Looking at a transcript today we noticed a new permutation of Lactated Ringers in the notes - " total intravenous intake included 10 liters of alar"

keep 'em coming.

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Specializes in acute care.

Haven't heard any really good ones yet but one common one that bugs me is "defribulator" or "defibulator". It's really quite shocking!

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"She has hyperbolia"

Oh really, you mean the neon patient? Could it be hyperbilirubinemia?

This was from a nurse too:uhoh3:

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Specializes in School Nursing.

I once had a friend tell me that her daughter was "pie-bola" aka bi-polar !

Also saw a health history that stated the person had seasures aka seizures !

Kind of makes you crazy huh ? haha :lol2:

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LMAO!! OK here is one... have you ever had a pt say "I am out of my peanut butter balls. Thats why I had a skeezer?":lol2:

OH MY GOSH.....had some trouble with the peanut butter balls..... got the skeezer... I lughed soooooo hard I about had a "skeezer" my self. Good thing I don't have the dreaded "sick as Hell anemia" or "smil'in mighty jesus" or I the laughter might have"exerbated" my condition and I would have had to go the the ER for some of that" NACal" injection to stop my" todo" skeezers. Although many patients tell me that dilada help much better. (you know,,,"that's the liqued form of Dilaudid"} Ha HAAaaaaaaa !!!!!!!!!:yeah: Thanks for the laughs!

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Specializes in NICU.
but my all-time favorite was "eurosepsis" :lol2:

Eurosepsis!!!! LOL!! What is that ..... an infection you get while in Europe?! :roll

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Specializes in FNP, Peds, Epilepsy, Mgt., Occ. Ed.

Then there's that blood test we do on someone with abdominal pain we suspect might be an ucler.

The "high pyloric."

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Had a male patient complain of "piles" with is an old term for hemorrhoids.

Another patient told me his "acid bag busted" - gallbladder problems

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