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05/30/2003 02:58:31 PM · #1 |
Shoot something medical. Not necessarily Western medicine. Pillbottles, pills, implements (modern or antique), someone posed as a doctor doing Something Fitting, a kid making a puckery face at their skinned knee ... something medical. :->
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05/30/2003 04:06:36 PM · #2 |
im up for this one....between my mom and my dad they have enough pills to feed the neighborhood, I got walkers, electric scooters, wheel chairs, blood meters, a blood pressure checker thingie a trapeze to help my mom out of bed, canes and lots more....
James
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05/30/2003 04:18:37 PM · #3 |
Between my wife and I, we have lots of subject matter in the meds. dept.
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05/30/2003 04:21:01 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by jab119:
im up for this one....between my mom and my dad they have enough pills to feed the neighborhood, I got walkers, electric scooters, wheel chairs, blood meters, a blood pressure checker thingie a trapeze to help my mom out of bed, canes and lots more....
James |
Blood pressure checker thingy=sphygmomonometer |
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05/30/2003 05:43:14 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by StevePax:
Blood pressure checker thingy=sphygmomonometer |
sphygmomAnometer |
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05/30/2003 05:49:52 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by StevePax:
Blood pressure checker thingy=sphygmomonometer |
sphygmomAnometer |
Well, to be *perfectly* correct, it's sphygNomAnometer. SFIGG-no-man-AAAAHM-eh-turr, roughly. :->
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05/30/2003 06:12:22 PM · #7 |
eMedicine.com
Main Entry: sphyg.mo.ma.nom.e.ter
Pronunciation: "sfig-mO-m&-'näm-&t-&r
Function: noun
: an instrument for measuring blood pressure and especially arterial blood pressure
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05/30/2003 06:14:59 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
eMedicine.com
Main Entry: sphyg.mo.ma.nom.e.ter
Pronunciation: "sfig-mO-m&-'näm-&t-&r
Function: noun
: an instrument for measuring blood pressure and especially arterial blood pressure |
Hmm. I wonder if this is a regionalism, as I'm finding lots of cites for my spelling as well (from sites ranging from 'midwife training' to 'elderly with hypertension' to 'etymology of words ending in -meter'). :-> Agree to disagree?
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05/30/2003 06:20:36 PM · #9 |
| I think it's based on Greek roots, and their really shouldn't be any regional differences on this one. I would go with citations in medical dictionaries, not in medical or lay texts. It is more likely a proofreader's error than change in nomenclature. Certainly willing to consider that a possibility, just not one I've come across in over 25 years continuous contact/participation in health care delivery and education...I'll have to defer more research until after work though... |
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05/30/2003 06:24:39 PM · #10 |
In the real world, Google rules.
The "nom" spelling finds 78 hits.
The "mom" spelling finds 17,700 hits.
Hmmmmm.
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05/30/2003 06:29:45 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by Jak:
In the real world, Google rules.
The "nom" spelling finds 78 hits.
The "mom" spelling finds 17,700 hits.
Hmmmmm. |
My grandma the doctor clearly lied to a poor impressionable 7-year-old who was fascinated by long and complicated words. :-> Sorry for the fuss.
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05/30/2003 06:35:45 PM · #12 |
I like that idea as well for a challenge !
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