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Are medical terms romantic? A doctor means " someone who instructs " a nurse "nourishes" and a hospital is a " guesthouse" and a patient is called so because he " Suffers" Thank you for sharing
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Is There Romance in Medical Terminology?

posted at 11/4/2012 8:15 AM BST on bmj.com
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Are medical terms romantic? A doctor means " someone who instructs " a nurse "nourishes" and a hospital is a " guesthouse" and a patient is called so because he " Suffers"
Thank you for sharing your views

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posted at 13/4/2012 4:56 PM BST on bmj.com
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Not at all!
But I sarcastically call 'Rheumatic fever' as 'Romantic fever'
I will explain the same in my upcoming blog.

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posted at 13/4/2012 6:11 PM BST on bmj.com
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Thanks Dr K. Ashutosh............I will read your blog with great interest.
I think words like Hypochondriac Personalities----------Orphan drugs ------are also romantice one.

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A dermatological condition-----------------called Sweet Syndrome--------------

Is There Romance in Medical Terminology?

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Here is another one-------------Mononucleosis -------------a viral disease (also called “Mono,”  and colloquially, the “kissing disease”),

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Port-wine stain

A port-wine stain is a birthmark in which swollen blood vessels create a reddish-purplish discoloration of the skin

 

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Sydenham's chorea or chorea minor (historically referred to as Saint Vitus Dance)

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Saturday Night Palsy

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Maple Syrup Urine Disease

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White Coat Syndrome
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