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25 Sep 08 - 10:34 AM (#2449785) Subject: BS: Penguiculum and other neat Dx words From: Mrrzy OK, the strange pseudopodous thingie growing on my eyeballs is called a penguiculum, which I gather is either a little penguin or a penguin's butt - what is the most interesting word the medical community has ever assigned you? |
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25 Sep 08 - 10:36 AM (#2449792) Subject: RE: BS: Penguiculum and other neat Dx words From: Mrrzy Oops - PINguiculum. |
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25 Sep 08 - 10:40 AM (#2449798) Subject: RE: BS: Penguiculum and other neat Dx words From: Rapparee Hypomagnesiac. |
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25 Sep 08 - 10:43 AM (#2449804) Subject: RE: BS: Penguiculum and other neat Dx words From: Mrrzy Sounds like a junkie with an upset stomach! |
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25 Sep 08 - 12:00 PM (#2449915) Subject: RE: BS: Penguiculum and other neat Dx words From: The Fooles Troupe It's a worm? A Penguin's worm? |
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25 Sep 08 - 07:05 PM (#2450352) Subject: RE: BS: Penguiculum and other neat Dx words From: Jack Campin I have proctalgia fugax. It's a pain in the arse. |
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25 Sep 08 - 08:13 PM (#2450428) Subject: RE: BS: Penguiculum and other neat Dx words From: GUEST,Slag coccidioidomycosis, or San Jauquin Valley fever. If memory serves it is a fungial infection, the spores of which are found in the dust in certain parts of the SJV. Many people have it and never have a symptom and other become quite ill, as I did at age 7. Missed a half year of school. The cure then was just plenty of bedrest and high vitamin "C" intake. |
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25 Sep 08 - 08:50 PM (#2450446) Subject: RE: BS: Penguiculum and other neat Dx words From: Alice Do they have eyedrops for that? |
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25 Sep 08 - 09:30 PM (#2450466) Subject: RE: BS: Penguiculum and other neat Dx words From: The Fooles Troupe No need Alice - proctalgia fugax makes your eye water anyway... |
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25 Sep 08 - 09:58 PM (#2450486) Subject: RE: BS: Penguiculum and other neat Dx words From: Rapparee Schistosomiasis. But it ain't funny to those who have it. Pruritus ani Orchalgia Monorchism |
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26 Sep 08 - 01:43 PM (#2451002) Subject: RE: BS: Penguiculum and other neat Dx words From: Nigel Parsons If it's a 'white head' (like a black head=sebaceous deposit with dirty stopper) then maybe the origin is the same as that often posited for penguin, i.e. White head (from the Welsh, pen gwyn) |
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26 Sep 08 - 03:57 PM (#2451099) Subject: RE: BS: Penguiculum and other neat Dx words From: Escapee I once had an arthroscopic plantar fasciotomy. It's more impressive than saying you had a heel spur fixed. Fixed my heel pain, AND kept me out of the plant for two of the hottest weeks of the summer. |
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26 Sep 08 - 04:18 PM (#2451113) Subject: RE: BS: Penguiculum and other neat Dx words From: GUEST,petr is the humerus the funny bone? |
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26 Sep 08 - 04:28 PM (#2451116) Subject: RE: BS: Penguiculum and other neat Dx words From: Stilly River Sage Pectus Carinatum Spherocytosis Adenocarcinoma We spread these out on three different people. Whew. |
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26 Sep 08 - 07:50 PM (#2451283) Subject: RE: BS: Penguiculum and other neat Dx words From: Mrrzy I missed both schistosomiasis and billharzia, sounds like a couple nowadays, eh? Apparently the (deeper) root of penguin is fat, so I guess from growing up in the tropics the fat bubbled out of my eyeball(s) and made cornea-freckles, only they're yellow and pseudopodic... Kinda makes my toes curl, actually! |