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Topic Options #951 - 03/28/00 08:13 AM nosocomial - iatrogenic cadaver stranger Registered: 03/17/00 Posts: 23 Loc: 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. Top #952 - 03/28/00 05:25 PM Re: nosocomial - iatrogenic Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11613 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky Whew! These are good ones! Is your screen name related to this knowledge, by any chance? Top #953 - 03/29/00 05:32 AM Re: nosocomial - iatrogenic juanmaria member Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 163 Loc: 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. Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview 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 consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8946 Members 16 Forums 13866 Topics 222180 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members Daksh1, geoffhargreaves, Guadalupe, may2point0, Lonnie 8946 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 22 Guests and 5 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) wofahulicodoc 61 LukeJavan8 50 may2point0 13 May 3 Tromboniator 3 geoffhargreaves 1 Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 13803 Jackie 11613 tsuwm 10538 LukeJavan8 8426 Buffalo Shrdlu 7210 wofahulicodoc 6784 AnnaStrophic 6511 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400

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