Thyromeglia

Posted By: Ellen S. on 2007-09-19
In Reply to: Larnix and ornophernix! LMAO! - Hayseed

Nurse practitioners can sometimes be worse than the docs. One of mine always says thyromeglia and hepatomeglia. Another says "the patient's muscles are tight and taunt" instead of taut. Yikes!!

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It's a sad day when a highly educated doctor can't - even pronounce simple medical words...sm
- How about these ? - (sm) - San Francisco
- Lisinopril, Nabumetone, tizanidine. - Ellen S.
- When I worked on site, we would judge docs by ability to dictate ... - AgingMT
- And one that those NPs are fond of...LARNIX!!..ARGHH!!! nm - They need edukatin'! :) NM
  - Larnix and ornophernix! LMAO! - Hayseed
    - Thyromeglia - Ellen S.
    - Nuc-U-lare instead of nuclear. NM - HospitalHomeWorker
    - Another NP favorite - orgamegaly. (nm) - AgingMT
      - how about symptomology - - MT4eight
        Everytime someone posts a crazy word here... - Hayseed
- The one I hate the most says palpitation instead of palpation. - sm
- This bugs me too!!! - Michelle
- Not quite critical, but... - sm
- If we are talking about errors ... - sm
  - well, excuse me... - even pronounce simple medical words...sm
    - Doc's - MTMTMTMT

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