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