Medical Jargon

Since becoming a medical student almost 2 years ago I have come across many wonderful and wacky words in the world of medicine. Some you would almost believe are not true, take boryborygmus.............is that a word? Does it have a meaning? I would have probably said no 2 years ago but not now............oh no!!!  Or how about choledocholithiasis or tripotassium dicitrobismuthate (actually that is a drug so a bit of cheating there but you get my meaning)....I can't pronounce some of them and when I do it almost always is the case that someone else says it differently from me.

Upon arrival in Medical school, the lecturers do prewarn you with the way of it, they start off telling you that you will learn a completely new language. It WILL seem confusing at first but in time you get used to it.

I didn't really beleive this, until recently. The realisation came over me quite suddenly when for about 2 days running every conversation I had revolved around someone's ailments and I had to keep stopping when faced with a blank look and explaining what I had previously explained, in simpler terms..............or maybe not simpler terms but terms not in latin or filled with anatomical technicalities.

This tells me 2 things 1) I have come a long way in Medical School 2) To stop telling people I am a medical student, from now on I study biology and maybe I will get through the checkout in Asda quicker......

:-) I will write some more interesting and  really intellectual stuff soon, I am so sure of it!!!