What medical term do you dislike the most ?

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I hate when people refer to emesis as "PUKE" ......nasty term !

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Praiser ;)

Specializes in Telemetry, Oncology, Progressive Care.

I also don't like the word expired.

I'm not a big fan of congestive heart failure either. Patients can freak out when they hear that. If there is "any" indication the pt may have chf we have to start the teaching. So, if there is a cxr and it says enlarged heart we are doing the teaching. An elevated BNP - bam some more teaching.

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Specializes in Critical Care.
Everytime I read the word "chyme" I feel like gagging. It's the only medical-related word I've ever seen that gets to me.

I had to look this one up, I have never heard it in use anywhere I have worked.

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digital fecal disimpaction

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Everytime I read the word "chyme" I feel like gagging. It's the only medical-related word I've ever seen that gets to me.
Bezoar.

At least chyme is food.

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Specializes in Acute Care Psych, DNP Student.
I had to look this one up, I have never heard it in use anywhere I have worked.

I'm in my last semester of pre-reqs. I keep reading this word in my Medical Nutrition class. Good to know it's not used in the clinical setting!

My text's definition for chyme includes the words "soupy" and "sludge-like" for the liquid mixture of undigested food in the stomach.

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Specializes in Rescue+Medic+ER ER ER ER.

Smegma...

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Smegma...

You win.

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Smegma...

eeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww...

smegmaaaaaaaa.

leslie

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Specializes in Telemetry, Oncology, Progressive Care.
digital fecal disimpaction

I work with certain docs who for some reason try to give me verbal orders for that one. Oh they think they are so funny! They can never do it with a straight face either.

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Specializes in LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych.
eeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww...

smegmaaaaaaaa.

leslie

Yup........that's WAY worse than obese.:lol2:

YEEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCHHHHHHH!!!

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what is smegma?

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Specializes in med/surg, psych, public health.

How much are y'all willing to bet somewhere in the world, some nutty parents have named their kids Chyme and Smegma? :lol2:

When I saw a little girl named Chlamydia (recently) and a boy named Renal (a few yrs. ago), I figure anything is possible nowadays!

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