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

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treatment mall n. Mary Nell Clark, managing director of University Legal Services, said she learned that the trouble occurred in what is known as the treatment mall, a common area where patients are bought for classes and other therapeutic activities. [English Construction & Buildings Health] [full cite] (Jan. 12, 2007)

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)

trout pout n. Trout-pout Liz is desperate to rival screen siren Sharon Stone, who whipped fans into a frenzy with her infamous no-knickers scene in smash hit thriller Basic Instinct. [English Health Medical] [full cite] (Sep. 8, 2004)

Truman Show delusion n. The Truman Show delusion, or Truman Syndrome, has drawn attention in recent months, in the United States and Britain, as psychiatrists in both countries describe a small but growing number of psychotic patients who describe their lives as mirroring that of the main character in the 1998 film “The Truman Show.” [English Health] [full cite] (Aug. 28, 2008)

turabosis n. Psychiatrists have studied delusions like turabosis, which is the belief that one is covered in sand, and which has been documented in Saudi Arabia but would be unlikely to occur in, say, North Dakota. [English Health] [full cite] (Aug. 28, 2008)

urge surfing n. Actual cravings are more a manifestation of dependence than habit, but behavioural strategies such as the four Ds can still help. These refer to delay, deep breathing, drink water and distraction. Urge surfing is another term for delaying. [English Health Jargon] [full cite] (Jan. 12, 2008)

veisalgia n. In a 2000 journal article, Wiese and co-authors coined a term for such hangovers: veisalgia, from the Norwegian word kveis, meaning “uneasiness following debauchery,” and algia, Greek for pain. [Health Medical] [full cite] (Jul. 1, 2004)

veisalgia n. Perhaps the most alarming feature of veisalgia is its high prevalence. [English Health Medical] [full cite] (Jul. 8, 2004)

viremic controller n. Traywick was diagnosed 21 years ago and has been healthy ever since, despite never having taken anti-HIV medications. Antibody tests demonstrate conclusively that he harbors the virus. But his immune system has controlled it so effectively that repeated blood assays have never shown a detectable level of the invader.…In the argot of AIDS research, Traywick is an “elite controller.” Elites are extremely rare, accounting for an estimated one-third of 1% of known HIV-positive people and numbering perhaps 2,000. They and so-called viremic controllers, healthy infected people whose immune systems keep the virus at very low, although detectable, levels in the blood without drugs, are of keen interest to AIDS researchers. [English Health Jargon] [full cite] (Jul. 6, 2006)

vita-rexic adj. Millions of young people are thought to be “vita-rexic”—a term coined to refer to vitamin deficiency. [English Health New or Nonce] [full cite] (Sep. 26, 2006)

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