Great Sounding 'medical' words

ianpickering

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29 Jan 05 11:36

ianpickering

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29 Jan 05 11:36

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Smegma - The 'cheese' often found under the foreskin (allegedly!)

Epistaxis - The medical term for a nosebleed

dfm65

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29 Jan 05 11:50

'rhinoplasty' - plastic surgery on the nose - a nose job. Jerry Seinfeld: 'don't these people feel bad enough already?'😀

Corsair

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29 Jan 05 12:17

Originally posted by ianpickering
Smegma - The 'cheese' often found under the foreskin (allegedly!)

Epistaxis - The medical term for a nosebleed

I can confirm this. Smegma is a sebaceous secretion in the folds of the skin in particular under a mans foreskin. Its from the Greek for soap.

ianpickering

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29 Jan 05 12:24

Originally posted by Corsair
I can confirm this. Smegma is a sebaceous secretion in the folds of the skin in particular under a mans foreskin. Its from the Greek for soap.

Thank you. But was there ever a doubt?!!

Corsair

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29 Jan 05 12:30

Originally posted by ianpickering
Thank you. But was there ever a doubt?!!

Not really I just wanted to say it. 😀

shavixmir

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29 Jan 05 12:55

Originally posted by ianpickering
Smegma - The 'cheese' often found under the foreskin (allegedly!)

Epistaxis - The medical term for a nosebleed

It's not really a medical term, but I find feltching has an awesome ring to it....

arterioes

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29 Jan 05 14:35

Dysdiadochokinesia - Cookies for the one who figures out this one.🙂

adramforall

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29 Jan 05 14:41

Originally posted by arterioes
Dysdiadochokinesia - Cookies for the one who figures out this one.🙂

an inability to perform rapidly alternating movements

🙂

I got into a fight the other day and gave the bugger an epistaxis

arterioes

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29 Jan 05 14:50

Originally posted by adramforall
an inability to perform rapidly alternating movements

🙂

I got into a fight the other day and gave the bugger an epistaxis

Not bad.That was fast.One cookie to you.

adramforall

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29 Jan 05 14:53

Originally posted by arterioes
Not bad.That was fast.One cookie to you.

One cookie, YOU SAID COOKIES.

🙁

Joe Fist

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29 Jan 05 16:12

swiss cheese menorhaggia

Moldy Crow

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29 Jan 05 17:33

"Subdural Hemotoma"(sp?) - I always thought that had a nice ring to it .

dfm65

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29 Jan 05 17:34

Originally posted by shavixmir
It's not really a medical term, but I find feltching has an awesome ring to it....

...why am i not surprised?

arterioes

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31 Jan 05 08:16

Hypospadias.Anyone care to find out the meaning?

XanthosNZ

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31 Jan 05 09:49

Originally posted by arterioes
Hypospadias.Anyone care to find out the meaning?

Hypospadias refers to an urethral meatus which is located along the underside, rather than at the tip of the penis.

Thank you Google.