I just thought I’d give you a bit of a laugh and show you the kind of words I have to deal with and have to figure out in my job as a medical secretary. When the words are spoken by somebody with a heavy accent, it makes it all the more ‘interesting’! All I can say is … thank goodness for Google.
I work in the Eye Clinic, and I must say that Eyes seem to have more medical terminology than any department I’ve ever worked in. Here below is an example of what’s coming at me through the headphones. It’s a nightmare when you start in a new department, because each department has its own terminology and what’s worse… you don’t know any of it. Over a period of time you get to learn what each word means, although as yet I haven’t been there long enough to get by without my trusty Google!
- YAG capsulotomy.
- Fluorescein angiography.
- Vitelliform macular dystrophy.
- Van Herick Grading.
- Uhthoff’s Phenomenon.
- Tarso-conjunctival diamond.
- Telangiectasia.
- Pseudoexfoliation.
- Posterior capsular opacification.
- Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome.
- Crocodile shagreen megalocornea & corectopia (my favourite!).
- Conjuntivochalasia.
- Exophthalmometry.
- Idiopathic polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy.
- Iridotrabecular meshwork contact.
- Lagophthalmos.
I love words! Aren’t they wonderful!
robbiesinspiration said:
Whew, and I thought the accounting and corporate finance terminology was like a foreign language.
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Stevie Turner said:
It probably is to me…
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OIKOS™-Redaktion said:
Reblogged this on Die Erste Eslarner Zeitung – Aus und über Eslarn, sowie die bayerisch-tschechische Region!.
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OIKOS™-Redaktion said:
Reblogged this on Die Erste Eslarner Zeitung – Aus und über Eslarn, sowie die bayerisch-tschechische Region!.
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Stevie Turner said:
You’re too kind!
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Doctor Jonathan said:
Can very much relate to all the “million dollar” words. As a doctor, I learned to simplify everything in order to get better results with my patience. Understanding is a basis for compliance. 🙂
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Stevie Turner said:
You’re lucky enough to know what the words all mean!
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Doctor Jonathan said:
Learning the words is the easy part. Learning how to implement a lifestyle that promotes quality health is the bigger challenge. The object is NOT (primarily) to combat disease, but rather to PREVENT IT in the first place through lifestyle choices.
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Stevie Turner said:
The problem is getting the patients to change their lifestyle choices …
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Doctor Jonathan said:
No question about it!
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jenanita01 said:
I don’t like the sound of any of those words, they made my eyes ache just reading them!
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Stevie Turner said:
Eyes and head ache at the start of a new job until my ears get attuned to the new narrators and the new words. It takes about 3 months.
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jenanita01 said:
I don’t think I could ever get my head around those words, let alone try to spell them!
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Stevie Turner said:
After you’ve typed them a few hundred times it becomes a bit easier.
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jenanita01 said:
I’m glad, for your sake!
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tidalscribe said:
Whatever job you do, however humble, there is a language that only your fellow workers understand. It may be aisle seven of great significance to the supermarket shelf stackers, or form g567 inducing groans in the office. But your list takes work language to new obscure heights!
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Stevie Turner said:
It does, doesn’t it, and that’s only the tip of the iceberg…
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ksbeth said:
just wow!
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davidprosser said:
I would imagine more to come since I saw nothing with Atrophy there.
xxx Huge Hugs xxx
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Stevie Turner said:
Absolutely – but it would make the list too long!
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