More favorite words
After making my theological and scriptural list of words, I decided to compose a list of my favorite medical and scientific words.
1) insoluble
2) cation
3) covalent
4) rhonchi
5) adventitous
6) joules
7) ambulate
8) supine
9) coccyx
10) Bundle of His
11) mol
12) sternocleidomastoid (my favorite muscle)
13) jugular
14) Purkinje fibers
15) autosomal
16) organelle
17) mitochondria
18) osteoblasts
19) osteoclasts
20) myocardial infarction
21) epithelial
22) squamous cell
23) cogent
24) cognizant
25) xyphoid process
26) electrolytes
27) erythema
28) nares
29) auscultate
30) extubate
31) propathol
32) histology
33) hematology
34) periorbital
35) necrotizing fasciitis
36) dorsalis pedis
37) post tibialis
38) bigeminy
39) idiopathic
40) autonomic
41) calcaneus
42) trapezius
I chose these words mostly based on how they sound when pronounced. Many of them are just plain fun to say though very unpleasant of a condition to have, i.e. necrotizing fasciitis.
What are some of your favorite words related to a particular field or discipline of study?
posted by Lydia @ 06:06
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Wow. Some of those are tongue twisters!
Conjugation and ablative. Those are from Latin studies.
K.
Yes! I finally found one I know! Are you sure those didn't really come from a balderdash game, Lydia???
Favorite words related to a "field of study"? Here's my list:
practice
practice
practice
Maybe I should work more on expanding my vocabulary... :-)
How about the Gastrocnemius? I'm sure you're aware that it is the calf muscle.
In my line of work, one of my favorite words (well, three words) is fecal coliform contamination. Juvenile yes, but still amusing.
Ed
SoCal
Those are pretty impressive.. Very science oriented!
A few I like are:
mycology
lobotomy
ganglia
botany
Thanks for the comments, everyone! I didn't think this post would get much response with me showing my nerdy, medical side. Ha ha.
Kara, Latin worlds are some of the best. I have a personal fondness for Latin since I studied it briefly in high school and many scientific and medical words are derived from Latin or Greek. Thanks for your contributions. :) You know, I have to admit, that I thought some of your favorite words might be: matrimony, courtship, Australia, Presbyterian or even John and Dekker. Maybe those are on your list too? ;)
Natalie, which word did you know? If you want to work at expanding your vocabulary you could always read the dictionary like some people I know or you could study Latin like Kara is doing. Either way is sure to expand your vocabulary. I could certainly take your favorite word to heart in other areas like singing, Bible Memory, driving a stick shift *wink*, and regular exercise. Thanks for the great thoughts on practical words for our everyday use and conduct.
Ed, what a fabulous word to add to my list (gastrocnemius). That is actually another of my favorite muscles but I had forgotten to include it. Glad you reminded me of it. Fecal Coliform Contamination? Would you happen to work for the health department or in the field of microbiolgy? That is sounding like something I might see in a path report. Ha ha. :) Remind me of coliform again? Relating to bacteria, correct?
Mark, yes, science it is. It is a personal passion of mine. If I were better at mathematics I might have delved more deeply into a scientific field. Alas, God's providence and sovereignty led me to something else.
I like your list, as well. As I was studying the nervous system in A&P I always thought ganglia was a pretty cool word. Almost any of the "ology" words are neat sounding. Maybe because they all involve study and research. :)
Five of my favourite mathematical words:
Googol (n): the number 1 followed by a hundred 0's (word coined in 1938 by nine-year-old Milton Sirotta).
Noetherian (adj): a condition on chains, such that they eventually stop (named after German mathematician Emmy Noether, 1882-1935).
Torus (n): the shape of a doughnut or bagel (from the Latin for a bulge or cushion).
Icosidodecahedron (n): the beautifully symmetrical shape here (shape discovered by Archimedes; forgotten; and rediscovered, illustrated, and named by Kepler - sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words).
Trisect (v): to divide into three equal parts (which is harder than it seems).
I'm guessing you already know about the theological word of the day at http://wordoftheday.reclaimingthemind.org/blogs/
And the philosophical word of the day at http://greatcloud.wordpress.com/
No, I didn't know about those words of the day. Thanks for sharing Tony!
I enjoyed looking up the words you shared earlier. Very creative and way beyond my scope but fun to read about. :)
I may start calling a hemorrhoid pillow a "torus" now just for the fun of it. LOL!
Two pillows would be tori, I presume, not to be confused with torii, which is a Japanese gate. :)
Oh, and see you at a certain event in June!
See you in June, indeed. :)
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