Frosted Ice Lipstick ... As if

So remember the 90s? The fashion: high waisted pants, long flowery sheath dresses and oversized everything.  Remember the makeup?  I first started wearing makeup in the 90s and learned to apply my lipstick like this:

Ahhh. frosted ice lipstick with a cappuccino liner.  So 1998. 


Well the makeup of the 90s lends itself to the Word of the Week.  The word is:

Vermillion Border

Mr. MedSchool's Definition:  The line that separates your lip from your face


Medical Definiton: The normally sharp demarkation between the red of the lip and the adjacent normal skin 


Used in a sentence: In order to look smokin' and draw attention to her mouth, Claire applied extra thick lip liner to her Vermillion Border.  Whatever ...


Sorry ... just added the Whatever in there because I was reminded of Clueless while searching for 90s catch phrases. As if  

You Really Expect Me to Put That on the Internet?

So Mr. Medschool has really gotten into the Medical Word of the Week.  He sends me words to my email or excitedly tells me about a new word while I am on my computer.  Sometimes I think that he gets a little too into it though.  Like with this week's word:

Pudendal Nerve

Now it sounds like an innocent little nerve.  Nothing Special.  However, this was Mr. MedSchool's evil trick to make me put something inappropriate on the blog... So when I asked what it meant this is what I got:

Mr. MedSchool's Definition: Nerve that gives sensation to your junk

Medical Definition: Somatic nerve in the pelvic region that innervates the external genitalia of both sexes.

After hearing this definition our conversation went like this:

Me: (shooting an are you serious glance) "Really, you actually think I'm going to put that?" (1)
Mr. MedSchool: "This is Med school, you can't be shy..."

Gotcha... okay ... so in the spirit of med school(2), I give you Pudendal Nerve, the word of the week

1. Yeah he's seen that one before
2. and not being shy 

How'd You Fit so Many Y's in that Word?

So this week's medical word of the week has 3 Y's (1), and is also the most unique (2) vocabulary word so far. 

Brachydactyly

Mr. MedSchool's Definition:  Abnormaly short finger(s)

Real Medical Definition: an inherited, usually dominant trait which literally means "shortness of the fingers and toes" (digits)

And as a special bonus, Mr. MedSchool sent me a picture as well!

1. and as Mr. MedSchool put it, 3 Y's how can you beat that?

2. Nice word for weird

Just Bob Yo Head

So I have been in a dancey (1) mood this week so the Medical Word of the Week has to do with keeping the beat.

Sternocleidomastoid Muscle

Mr. Med School's Definition: Muscle in your next that lets you turn your head to the side.  If you put your head on your chest…its that big muscle that sticks out.


Medical Definition: A paired muscle in the superficial layers of the anterior portion of the neck. It acts to flex and rotate the head.


In short it's the "bob yo head" muscle. (2)


1. No it's not a real adjective but it should be
2. You laugh but Mr. Med School will never forget that muscle 

Medical Word of the Week

So it has been another busy school week for Mr. Med School.  However, we have managed to fit in some fun vocabulary words this week as well.  This weeks Medical Word of the Week is:

Pachymeninx

Mr. Med School's Definition: an old timey (1) term for the stuff surrounding the brain

Medical Definition: The tough fibrous membrane covering the brain and the spinal cord and lining the inner surface of the skull

1. He's from a rural area and uses phrases like "old timey" and "Yonder" as much as he possibly can  

Medical Word of the Week

Mr. Med School is always using big medical words to try and show his overwhelming amounts of knowledge. In an attempt to learn this new medical language that he speaks all the time, I am going to institute the Medical Word of the week. This way we can all learn a really difficult new word that we will probably never use.

Let's start with the Medical Word of the week (1).

Bilateral Salpingo-Oopherectomy

Mr. Med School's definition: What you get when you need to have your ovaries and tubes taken out. (2)

Medical Definition: the surgical removal of both fallopian tubes and an ovaries


1. And why not do a hard one?
2. So sensitive, he's gonna be a great doctor