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

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sugar n. Diabetes, commonly known as “sugar” in many Caribbean cultures, occurs when the body either lacks the ability to produce the hormone insulin, lacks the ability to use insulin properly—or both. [ Language English Subject Health] [full cite] (Nov. 16, 2005)

sugar n. Already, diabetes has swept through families, entire neighborhoods in the Bronx and broad slices of Brooklyn, where it is such a fact of life that people describe it casually, almost comfortably, as “getting the sugar” or having “the sweet blood.“ [ Language English Subject Health] [full cite] (Jan. 9, 2006)

sugar sheriff n. I don’t want government to be the “grease police” or “sugar sheriff” and tell people what to eat or not eat. [English Food & Drink Health] [full cite] (Sep. 9, 2006)

suicide headache n. Cluster headache (CH) remains an enigma to the medical profession.…Many chronic CH sufferers eventually take their own lives—earning CH the gruesome moniker “suicide headaches.“ [English Body Health] [full cite] (Oct. 10, 2008)

suicide Tuesday n. “People take ecstasy Saturday night and they feel great and then on Tuesday, they crash,“ a phenomenon he calls “Suicide Tuesday.“ [English Drugs Health] [full cite] (Jul. 20, 2005)

Sundowner’s n. In March, my dad will be 86 years old. He has Alzheimer’s disease. My brothers, sister and I noticed changes in his personality about nine years ago. We are thankful he doesn’t get violent, although the evenings bring on what is known as “Sundowner’s,“ when he becomes more confused and agitated. [English Health] [full cite] (Jan. 8, 2008)

surround the dragon v. phr. In very severe cases, the lesions themselves can be treated with acupuncture needles directly. There are two approaches to this that are used. One is to surround the lesion with small needles. This is a process known as “surrounding the dragon.” [English Health] [full cite] (Apr. 29, 2007)

svaroopa n. Svaroopa: From the Sanskrit word that means “bliss,” this type of yoga teaches different ways of doing familiar poses, but with an emphasis on the spine and hips. [Health] [full cite] (May. 1, 2007)

sweet blood n. Already, diabetes has swept through families, entire neighborhoods in the Bronx and broad slices of Brooklyn, where it is such a fact of life that people describe it casually, almost comfortably, as “getting the sugar” or having “the sweet blood.“ [ Language English Subject Health] [full cite] (Jan. 9, 2006)

swellbow n. When they skate, they keep falling on their elbows, and there’s a name for it called swellbow. So we give tip cards that explain what swellbow is physiologically and what’s happening to their body anatomically, and then how they can treat it. [English Health Medical] [full cite] (Jun. 19, 2005)

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