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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread nosocomial - iatrogenic #951 03/28/2000 1:13 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 23 Ohio USA cadaver stranger cadaver stranger Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 23 Ohio USA A prominently featured Op Ed piece in the Monday " New York Times" having to do with the lack of hand cleanliness in hospitals reminded me of a good word. NOSOCOMIAL means a disease contracted while in the hospital and is closely related to IATROGENIC, meaning "physician caused" disease. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: nosocomial - iatrogenic #952 03/28/2000 10:25 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Whew! These are good ones! Is your screen name related to this knowledge, by any chance? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: nosocomial - iatrogenic #953 03/29/2000 10:32 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 163 Malaga, Spain. juanmaria member juanmaria member Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 163 Malaga, Spain. Fine post! I love those medical words that can keep the layman in a happy ignorance. My favorite ones: -It's a lot easier prescribing someneone a test for "lues" that a test for syphilis. -When they say "idiopathic" instead of saying "I don't know jack about your problem". Juan Maria. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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