Medical Terms of Quite Ordinary Things About the Human Body Which May Sound Bizarre
List of medical terms about the human body.
Here’s a list of medical terminologies of commonly heard things about the human body which may sound unusual. You may know some but certainly not all, unless you are a medical expert.
- Did you ever experience having difficulty, or painful, or incomplete urination? The medical term for this is – dysuria
- Is it your habit to grind your teeth during sleep or when otherwise under strain? My little brother used to have this habit called – bruxism
- What do you call the inability to urinate? The term for this is – anuria
- There are certain women who are experiencing painful sexual intercourse. They call it – dyspareunia.
- Are you having difficulty is swallowing? The medical term for this is – dysphagia
- A person having an offensive mouth odor, usually caused by poor oral hygiene is called – halitosis
- One of my dorm mates in college used to sleepwalk while he’s sleeping. The act of walking while asleep (popularly known as sleep walking) is – somnam bulism.
- Dyslexia is the loss of the ability to read due to a central brain lesion
- What do you call a person who is toothless? Toothless or having no teeth is – edentulous
- Bedwetting usually occurs to children but in some cases, even adults. The pathological term for incontinence of urine is – enuresis.
- Nosebleed in pathology is – epistaxis
- Rhytidoplasty is a medical term which means face lift
- A premature infant or baby is called – premie
- Morbid acuteness of hearing in pathology is – hypercusia
- Hyperopia or hypermetropia is an abnormal condition of the eye in which objects at a distance are seen more plainly than those near at hand means farsightedness
- Hyperpyrexia is a term in pathology which means very high fever
- Gonad is a male or female sex gland in which the gametes develop; ovary or testicles
- Another word for a woman who’s pregnant – gravid
- Another term for influenza is – grippe
- Did you experienced having blood in your urine? Hematuria is the medical term for bloody urine; blood in the urine
Here’s an additional list;
- Hematoma – blood tumor
- Integument means skin
- Lunula or lunule is a word of Latin origin which means- the living part of the nail, the pale half-moon shape at the nail base
- Mastoplasty is a the medical term for a surgical procedure to reduce the size of the breast
- Micturate is a medical term which simply means to urinate
- Miliaria is an acute inflammatory disease of the sweat glands marked by an eruption of vesicles and papulae of the size of a pinpoint or larger or simply known as prickly heat
- Multipara is the term for a woman who has borne more than one child or who is parturient the second time
- Myopia is a defect in vision that objects can bee seen distinctly only when very near – nearsightedness. Myope is one who is near-sighted.
- Mydriasis is an abnormal or prolonged dilation of the pupil of the eye
- Neonate simply means a newborn baby or infant
- Nocturia is a term in pathology which means frequent urination during the night
- Osteitis is the medical term for the inflammation of the bone. Osteomata are tumors consisting of bony substances.
- Patella is the flat, movable, oval bone, in front of the knee joint – knee cap
- Primipara is a woman pregnant for the first time or who has borne one child
- Bulimia is a disorder involving over eating followed by self-induced vomiting
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18 Responses to “Medical Terms of Quite Ordinary Things About the Human Body Which May Sound Bizarre”
On June 17, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Some of these terms I have never heard.I have learned something new to-say. Thanks for the research you did to do the paper. I know how time-consuming it can be.
On June 17, 2008 at 5:29 pm
I have heard of most of these but I didn’t even know they had name
for some of the others.
Very interesting.
On June 17, 2008 at 5:38 pm
nice list. preemie is just an abbreviation for premature babies. and somnambulism is just one word.
On June 17, 2008 at 6:04 pm
great list! I never knew half of those even existed!
On June 17, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Inability to urinate would likely more accurately be termed “acute urinary retention”. This could be due to a bladder problem or enlarged prostate or other issue and although could theoretically be life threatening, its relatively easy to recognize and treat.
Anuria would be inability to make urine. This is a disease of the kidney and is a lot more ominous, harder to recognize initially and usually harder to treat. Delay in treatment could result in sick kidneys ending up dead kidneys.
Thinking you are dealing with the former when in actuality the later has likely resulted in dialysis for an unfortunate number of people.
On June 17, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Good job. I have heard these terms but I am a nurse. Thanks for all your hard work.
On June 17, 2008 at 9:04 pm
Very informative
On June 17, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Great list!
On June 18, 2008 at 12:06 am
I agree, great list!
On June 18, 2008 at 7:10 am
Very interesting!
On June 18, 2008 at 8:21 am
great article, well done buddy.
On June 18, 2008 at 8:43 am
Nice article buddy!!!!
keep writing!!!!
On June 18, 2008 at 3:50 pm
I just realized that I have went 46 years calling a Patella a knee cap… I don’t remebering ever hearing that before. I must have I did well in biology in grammer school. Cool list Robert!
On June 18, 2008 at 10:04 pm
Yikes, I am a primipara!!!
On June 22, 2008 at 7:30 am
really interesting,well done.
On June 22, 2008 at 5:12 pm
God article, Nobert.
It sounds as if congratulations are in order for B Nelson.
On June 23, 2008 at 11:38 am
Very interesting and very good information for those who need to recap on those medical words.
On July 14, 2008 at 1:53 pm
So if someone says, ‘She is gravid,this is her multipara. I hope her Neonate is not premie this time’ do you know what it means?
I had fun reading the article.
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