Saturday, January 31, 2009

Weird terminology in medicine

Hysterectomy: Removal of the uterus... or... remove of the hysteria... or what was once thought of as the cause of the hysteria – the uterus.

Pudendal nerve
: nerves responsible for erectile function. Pudendal comes from pudenda or pudendus... that of which one ought to be ashamed. In French it is nerf honteux literally, shameful nerves.

Alright, back to my studying.


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