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At a conference last week, a speaker mentioned the “substantia nigra pars compacta”, which is grammatical nonsense. It should be “pars compacta substantiae nigrae” – “the compact part of the substantia nigra (black substance).” There can’t be two subjects without an implied “and”

In beautiful Portugal for a conference, and this is the kind of thing that I take pictures of: a dental pun on the region I'm in (the Algarve) 🤷‍♂️

the last tweet was definitely an example of "humblebrag-osis" :)

Sorry for lack of tweeting, was busy doing this 😉:

Just messing about…

and this is why Latin has a distinction between adjectives and possessive nouns. One of these terms needs to go because, contrary to what the TA says, they are not synonymous. (5/end)

although it's theoretically possible that the"neck-related part of the thoracic duct" (A) and the "neck of the thoracic duct" (B) could refer to the same thing, they are grammatically confusing, (4)

"pars cervicalis ductus thoracici" (A) & "pars colli ductus thoracici" (B) are presented as synonyms in the TA (the Latin anatomical naming system). This, my friends, is a problem. (1)

“Achilles jerk”: according to the Trojans, the only phrase in the medical dictionary that should be a sentence, but is missing a verb [“is”] and an indefinite article [“a”]

the tendo calcaneus is known both as the “Achilles tendon” and the “tendon of Hector”. I guess which term you use depends on whether you support the Greeks or the Trojans?

somnocinematograph: an instrument for recording movies while sleepwalking. #sillydefinition

idea for a movie script: set in the 60s, some students consider dropping out of med school when their band – the arterioles – becomes popular. That's it. That's the tweet/idea. It's all I got so far...

ramus septi nasi arteriae labialis superioris: this is actually a real term in the medical dictionary, but it’s nonsense. Another “nose of the artery”. Ugh. Some people wanted to combine 2 terms but paid no heed to how Latin works, so we end up with complete & utter gibberish 🤷‍♂️

ramus lateralis nasi arteriae facialis – anyone see the problem with this term, and why it’s so egregious?

A horse walks into a bar, and the bartender says: “why the dolichocephaly?” I guess the joke loses something when you use the medical term. 🤷‍♂️

It’s important to remember that the “pubic symphysis” is a part of anatomy and is not something composed by Mozart or Beethoven.

Report: Students Who Take Latin Have Better Chance Of Summoning Demon Later In Life bit.ly/3dJCseD

covidosis pelotonica: the existential realization, after biking 40 km on your Peloton, that you haven't gone anywhere at all #notarealmedterm