Where could you find 230 alternative definitions for common medical terms?
The combined intellectual might of UK medical librarians (or-some!) has
worked together to produce the dictionary file at
http://scharrlatan.typepad.com/diction.doc
Congratulations to all who participated!
Adam Smith/Alan Fricker/Anne Jones/Catriona Organ/Christine Reid/Dave
Adams/David Newman/Deirdre Allen/Diane Pritchatt/Emily Harker/Eve
Hollis/Heather Lodge/Helena Korjonen-Close/Ian Baird/Ian Wilkes/Jeremy
Smith/Joanne Stemp/Julian Hodgson/Michelle Hilton Boon/Sara Stock/Tracy
Clements/Tricia Rey
And the winner is: Jeremy Smith
Librarian (Acquisitions & Collections)
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
Staff Library
Level 07
Derriford Hospital
PLYMOUTH, PL6 8DH
Jeremy's winning entry and his other contributions are below. Jeremy wins a
£ 20 book token which will be despatched shortly.
Best wishes for the coming year from the FOLIO team.
paediatric - trebly incontinent
otiose - impecunious cereal farmer
dystrophy - to show lack of respect at a prize-giving ceremony
coccyx - poorly fowl
testicles - problem with a hairy girlfriend
pneumonia - a whinger
suppuration - evening snack (usually curry)
lumbar - backlog
dissect - intolerance of religious differences
eczema - miraculous cure from dependency upon a walking frame
WINNER:
debride - a Caribbean wedding
gluteus maximus - Russell Crowe's slimy younger brother
vi 'R' us - rapidly spreading chain of toyshops
D 'n' A - ophthalmological genetics
mumps - maternal afterthought
cauterise - attention-seeking bachelor
anaphylaxis - girl and boy form alliance
pleural effusions - serial swearing
tendons - professorial gathering
granuloma - grand-daughter points out debt owed to mother
lactose - missing digits on foot
proteins - supporter of adolescents
lymphoma - hobble back
morbidity - addiction to e-Bay
Sigmoid Freud - someone who talks out of their backside
nitrites - nocturnal habits
nitrates - what you're charged for nitrites
phantom limb - 'armless ghost
urinary - harry's turn
yaws - bored shark
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