Fancy words for everyday things

[mellificent]

I found a list that I was compiling somewhere along the line, so for your entertainment, I give you:

Fancy word	Normal word
Pruritis	Itching
Biliary colic	Severe pain from gallstones
Renal colic	Severe pain from kidney stones
Alopecia	Hair loss
Urticaria	Hives
Ecchymosis	Bruising
Pharyngitis	Sore throat
Acute coryza	Cold symptoms
Cerumen	Earwax
Exophthalmos	Bug-eyes
Emesis	Vomiting
Pyrosis	Heartburn
Pyrexia	Fever
Edema	Swelling

This is not near complete, but it gives you a few of them.

Meanwhile I have finally plowed my way through the last chapter of the anatomy book, so all I have to do is review and I'm done there. Meanwhile, I have also started working on the coding material. The second chapter of coding is a review of anatomy and terminology, so maybe I can overlap those and use it to study for my anatomy final!

Comments

[mmancuso.livejournal.com]

What is the scientific term for being blinded by vocabulary?

(This is great. Words!)