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3 hours ago, dianah said:I work with Cardiologists, and I recently noticed one of them has coined a word (he uses it when charting, even!) for describing patients who get short of breath only when bending over (e.g., to tie shoes, pick up trash from the floor, etc): bendopnea (as opposed to dyspnea, orthopnea, etc). ?
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Although I hadn't heard of this before, it's a unique finding in heart failure associated with worse outcomes, and has been around at least since 2014.
8 hours ago, chare said:Although I hadn't heard of this before, it's a unique finding in heart failure associated with worse outcomes, and has been around at least since 2014.
Well, I learn something new every day! Didn't know it was an "official" word!
Hopefully others will share some new words!
Incarceritis comes to mind...
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=incarceritis
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I work with Cardiologists, and I recently noticed one of them has coined a word (he uses it when charting, even!) for describing patients who get short of breath only when bending over (e.g., to tie shoes, pick up trash from the floor, etc): bendopnea (as opposed to dyspnea, orthopnea, etc). ?
Have any of you heard other medical-inclined words or phrases developed by anyone you work with?