Medical Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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toga n. In Mexico and Europe over the past two to three years, 98 patients have had the new weight-loss surgery, named Toga (for transoral gastroplasty). [English Health Medical Abbreviation] [full cite] (Oct. 22, 2008)

tokophobia n. Psychiatrists have even coined a term, tokophobia, to describe the fear of the natural process of childbirth which can be overcome by Caesarean. [English Medical Jargon] [full cite] (Feb. 25, 2005)

tokophobia n. Women, obstetricians suggest, are afraid of labor. Block reports that there’s even a new word for it: tokophobia, the fear of giving birth. [English Health Medical] [full cite] (Jun. 29, 2007)

tomato effect n. Despite enough evidence, my friend’s neighbour found it difficult to accept that anybody could actually profit from reading such patterns. He suffers from the “Tomato effect.“ What is this? In the early 18th century, Americans considered the tomato poisonous despite the fact that Europeans consumed the red fruit and still lived to see another day. Two physicians borrowed this behaviour to the medical world and coined it the “Tomato effect.“ James Goodwin and Jean Goodwin found that people rejected treatment for certain diseases because it did not “make sense” in the light of the accepted theories of disease mechanism. [English Health Medical] [full cite] (Aug. 7, 2006)

Tommy John surgery n. Twins right-handed reliever Grant Balfour had successful ligament replacement (also known as Tommy John) surgery Friday. [English Medical Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (May. 15, 2005)

top surgery n. He was in the process of legally changing his name to a male name, although he couldn’t decide whether to go casual (Rey) or Old Testament (Asher). And in December Rey underwent what he called “chest reconstruction surgery,” also known as “top surgery,” which he paid for out of pocket. [English Body Medical Sex & Sexuality] [full cite] (Mar. 15, 2008)

Toronto trim n. Certain procedures can drastically improve a woman’s sexual experience, insist the surgeons. The labia minora reduction for example, or the “Toronto Trim,“ as it’s known among Dr Stubbs’s patients, makes the clitoris more accessible. “I’ve had patients report a three-fold increase in sexual satisfaction,“ says Dr Stubbs. [English Body Medical Sex & Sexuality Slang] [full cite] (Sep. 23, 2007)

triple-negative adj. As Dr. Lyndsay Harris, director of the breast cancer program at Yale Cancer Center, explains it, young black women are more likely to get what is called a “triple negative” tumor: a fast-growing, aggressive cancer that doesn’t respond well to many treatments. [English Medical Jargon] [full cite] (Oct. 25, 2006)

trout pout n. Actress Leslie Ash has warned women to beware the perils of cosmetic surgery after her lip enhancement procedure went disastrously wrong. The Merseybeat star said she had been through hell since implants left her with an over-sized “trout pout.“ [English Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion Medical] [full cite] (Sep. 3, 2004)

trout pout n. “It’s good to see Volvo has moved away from the boxy models of the past,“ he said. He described the grille as a “trout pout.“ [English Health Medical] [full cite] (Sep. 8, 2004)

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