cool words

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Rob Davis — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 18:27:55 GMT

[quote user="Kate Richardson"]

Another vote for borborygmi and I like pollakiuria aa well!

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Borborygmi has always been my favorite, so much so that some years ago we used it as our house name. It didn't seem quite such a good idea by the time I had spelt it out loud for the thousandth time.... It did at least amuse the GP who lived down the road, but just produced blank looks from everybody else.

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Lucy Fleming — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 20:57:18 GMT

Balanoposthitis was always one of my favourites

One I found more recently was 'malapert' - hoorah for Kindle's look-up function, and Mills-and-Boon esque terrible historical (hysterical) romances!

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Martin Atkinson — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 09:20:15 GMT

[quote user="Francisco Gomez"]

Anamnesis - someone with the job of marking me didn't know what it was ;-)

[/quote]I got 100% in my anatomy exams in my first year at Liverpool. The examiners said I gave answers to the questions even they hadn't thought of. This of course made me think I must be a pretty smart mother and perhaps didn't do as much work as I should so I was rudely brought back to earth when I failed my second year - a bout of Brucellosis not withstanding!!

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Francisco Gomez — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 20:54:06 GMT

Anamnesis - someone with the job of marking me didn't know what it was ;-)

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Beats — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 19:54:28 GMT

I had a comment on my use of iatrotropic in an essay once - jsut looked and can't find it in OED, so perhaps the assessor had a point!

But having seen the sentence: "...to get beneath the pseudo-iatrotropic symptom..." during a search just now, i think I have a new favourite work of the day

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Evelyn Barbour-Hill — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 19:17:53 GMT

Nihipaulification.

Pusillanimity.

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bob lehner — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 19:13:57 GMT

[quote user="Virginia Campbell"]What are everyone's favourite vet words?[/quote]

As someone who did Latin at school I found I actually quite liked parasitology - especially the long names - the more poly-syllabic the better. Very satisfying when you get your tongue round them - and sometimes the name gives you a clue as to what the particular critter does, or looks like:

e.g. Gasterophilus haemorrhoidalis, Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus, Wuchereria bancrofti, Tunga penetrans, Diphyllobothrium dendriticum.

Lovely stuff....!

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KMurphy — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 08:41:04 GMT

[quote user="Iain Richards"]

I rather think you can have symptoms for an animal - those reported by the owner. In the same a parent reports theri findings of the child. [/quote]

Okay, I know this doesn't matter and I should just let it go but a symptom is medically defined as something felt by the sufferer. As we can't know what animals, or indeed babies, are feeling then technically they can't have symptoms, only signs.

However, I accept that the term is used widely now and, at the end of the day, it doesn't harm anyone so I won't say another word about it :)

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Iain Richards — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 00:38:01 GMT

I rather think you can have symptoms for an animal - those reported by the owner. In the same a parent reports theri findings of the child.

Cool words and phrases "Thank-you" followed by "have this bottle of malt" are at the top of my list

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Michael Woodhouse — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 23:13:44 GMT

[quote user="KMurphy"]I'm sure someone will be happy to correct me but I would consider the latter to be correct with reference to animals. I do, however, confess to using the term symptomatic from time to time in my clinical notes, mainly for brevity. I would think for your written submissions for a professional qualification it would be better to avoid that.[/quote]

I agree.

We were also taught that and (in a similar vein) an animal cannot be depressed but is obtunded.

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Linda Filshie — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 21:22:04 GMT

[quote user="Catriona MacIntyre"]

[quote user="Linda Filshie"]

[quote user="Catriona MacIntyre"]

"mallenders & sallenders", "ochsters" (axillae, or in the case of cattle "Ra coo's back armpits, lassie!"

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But what on earth are mallenders and sallenders?

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Psoriasis like lesions at the flexures of the carpi & tarsi, almost, but not exclusively limited to heavy horses

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Thank you. I feel positive that I must have snoozed through that lecture!

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Kate Richardson — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 20:05:00 GMT

Another vote for borborygmi and I like pollakiuria aa well!

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Catriona MacIntyre — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 19:27:20 GMT

[quote user="Linda Filshie"]

[quote user="Catriona MacIntyre"]

"mallenders & sallenders", "ochsters" (axillae, or in the case of cattle "Ra coo's back armpits, lassie!"

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But what on earth are mallenders and sallenders?

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Psoriasis like lesions at the flexures of the carpi & tarsi, almost, but not exclusively limited to heavy horses

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KMurphy — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 17:48:30 GMT

[quote user="Anthony Dennison"]Currently reading the 12th article out of 15 in prep for writing a case report on syringomyelia. All papers so far have used the former descriptive terms...[/quote]

I suppose it is accepted as a descriptive term then. Sorry. I still think it's not technically correct... :)

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Anthony Dennison — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 17:01:00 GMT

[quote user="KMurphy"]

[quote user="Anthony Dennison"]What about using the word 'symptomatic' - for exam 'symptomatic and asymptomatic syringomyelia'. Or should it be 'syringomyelia with or without related clinical signs'?[/quote]

I'm sure someone will be happy to correct me but I would consider the latter to be correct with reference to animals. I do, however, confess to using the term symptomatic from time to time in my clinical notes, mainly for brevity. I would think for your written submissions for a professional qualification it would be better to avoid that.

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Currently reading the 12th article out of 15 in prep for writing a case report on syringomyelia. All papers so far have used the former descriptive terms...

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KMurphy — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 15:58:32 GMT

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Anthony Dennison — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 14:35:15 GMT

[quote user="KMurphy"]

[quote user="Anthony Dennison"]Apparently animals only have 'clinical signs', not 'symptoms'.[/quote]

Absolutely correct because a symptom is a condition as experienced by someone (subjective) whereas a clinical sign is objective. Our pathology professor was very clear about this.

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What about using the word 'symptomatic' - for exam 'symptomatic and asymptomatic syringomyelia'. Or should it be 'syringomyelia with or without related clinical signs'?

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Martin Atkinson — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 14:13:43 GMT

[quote user="Evelyn Barbour-Hill"]

[quote user="Martin Atkinson"] Or syndrome which often means the same thing!![/quote]

No it doesn't.

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[quote user="Evelyn Barbour-Hill"] recognising a syndrome is not making a diagnosis.[/quote] Ermm....that's what I said!

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Mark Hedberg — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 13:47:29 GMT

[quote user="Aine Seavers"]

they are the best for getting the truth out of an owner when they wont admit they have broken a food trial - do the anal sacs- look down at the secretion- look puzzled- look up at owner saying' hhm z/d diets dont produce this type of sac contents- what else is being fed?'- its like the anal sac smell is a truth serum and clients fall over themselves dobbing in a family member for the dietary indiscretion. I think It explains why I get so rigid control of food trials compared to what I read.

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I demand this person be given some sort of Nobel Prize, Dukedom, knighthood, or dinner with a celebrity heartthrob of their choice. This is a sensationally brilliant idea and I am gobsmacked by the pure genius in this post.

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KMurphy — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 13:30:30 GMT

[quote user="Anthony Dennison"]Apparently animals only have 'clinical signs', not 'symptoms'.[/quote]

Absolutely correct because a symptom is a condition as experienced by someone (subjective) whereas a clinical sign is objective. Our pathology professor was very clear about this.

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Anthony Dennison — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 13:10:09 GMT

Apparently animals only have 'clinical signs', not 'symptoms'. Almost fell out with the people marking my certAVP case reports about that one.

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Evelyn Barbour-Hill — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 13:04:01 GMT

[quote user="Martin Atkinson"] Or syndrome which often means the same thing!![/quote]

No it doesn't.

I do think it's funny though, when the newspapers say "she was diagnosed with Sudden Temperamental Outburst Syndrome" (or whatever).

I suppose I should start a tangent, but recognising a syndrome is not making a diagnosis.

And don't get me started on "diagnosed with"

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Martin Atkinson — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 10:33:22 GMT

The best word is idiopathic, much better than 'I haven't got a clue'! Or syndrome which often means the same thing!!

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Anthony Dennison — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 10:29:04 GMT

I quite like writing pollakuria. No idea why.

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Aine Seavers — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 09:11:12 GMT

I love it!!! must remember that esp the strawberry fondant-i hate that chocolate and have seen anal sacs produce similar