Medical words that make you cringe.

[~Mi Vida Loca~RN]

I was just attempting to study and came across a word that makes me cringe. I know it's probably weird. Some words just evoke something in me, not all medical, I can't stand the words curd or moist.

Anyway, I was curious what some of yours were, or if it is only me that cringes at certain ones.

Since starting nursing school, Fistula is one I can't stand. Makes me want to gag just seeing it!

[silverbat]

ok, thought of one more:

"cockup splint" for hand/wrist... hummmm.. not the body part I would have thought of with that particular name of splint.............

[AOx1]

I work in eye surgery and we slice on into that eyeball every day! It's awesome!!! I have a co-worker who has worked in eye surgery for over a decade and still cannot deal with an eyeball in a cup after an enucleation (yes, the eyeball comes out in a whole piece). She always asks for another pair of gloves so she can cover the cup up with one.

I am currently writhing with psychological pain, lol.

I love the one about the word masticate!!! I have a sick sense of humor and use this one to have fun with a colleague. She freaks out over any mention private parts, sex, etc just as much as I freak out over eye stuff. It is fun to use this one in a sentence, such as over the rare lunch break: "Can I have some privacy, I'm busy masticating!" You should see her face!

She also knows I haaate bugs of any kind. One day I had to treat a 500 lb woman with severe body and head lice, and she would wait til I was charting, then gently pull one of my hairs....felt like something was crawling on me. What fun would work be without knowing each other's freak-out words or situations and taking some advantage!

[skimpstah]

smegma and cheese used in the same sentence makes me want to gag. Those two should never be used together.

[ukgingernut]

I can't stand the word "expire" when someone dies. Humans are not loaves of bread....we don't expire! Ticks me off when people say it or when I read it. I will NEVER say that about somebody.

I hate when people say "Passed", they didn't take an exam, they died

[REGINAMOVE]

Fistula is a good one...but what about saquinous (sp?):pntlft:

[yginay]

I could do without the word "clot"...just skeeves me out for some reason.

[sydneymum14]

Wait till you smell a stage 4 pressure sore...something you never forget!!!

[nursel56]

I hate the word "consume". It grosses me out. I don't know why. When I see "patient consumed 50%" of meal in the notes I'm like - thinking about close-up shots of a praying mantis biting the head off an ant or something. I avoid using the word at all costs.

Others are carbuncle, fulminating and diarrhoea. The American spelling doesn't bug me, but that "o" just does something to it. I apologize to my traditional spelling English brothers and sisters. I know you spoke English first. :)

[healthstar, BSN, RN]

Cocksackie. There is simply, just something wrong with this word.

ahahahhaha it sounds so bad ahahaha

[sevensonnets]

GI bleed. Double barreled colostomy. Hemorrhoidectomy. Enucleation (there you go, eyeballs).

[suanna]

What the heck do you work in? Hippy substance abuse rehab?

Pretty common term where I work as well.

[hpaola]

Cardiac tamponade anyone?

And I know this isn't a word, but I absolutely cannot stand the sound of suctioning thick secretions.