Physicianesque Vocabulationing and SO MUCH STUDYING!

They say studying medicine is like studying a new language... and SURPRISE! Its true.

I have been studying / in classes from 8am to 11pm or later EVERY DAY for the past two weeks, give or take a day or two off. To entertain / distract myself, I have made this list...

The following are my favorite words we have learned so far (mostly from this 3-week section of studying. Some are anatomical parts, some are diagnostic tests, some are molecules. Feel free to Wikipedia if you want to know what they are - bold ones are most interesting):

* Von-Willibrand Factor * kallekrein * arachidonic acid * calveolae * karyorrhexis * steatosis * liquefactive necrosis * calmodulin * dynein * homonymous * Hageman Factor XII * xeroderma pigmentosa * janus kinase (Jak) * rachischisis / iniencephaly (baby born with no brain / no spinal cord!) *meningomyelocoele * splanchnopleuric * gastrulation (the profs say that gastrulation is the most important part of your life) * sirenomelia * multifidus * dorsalis pedis * genu valgum * Trandellenberg gait * tensor fascia lata * neurulation * Hirschsprung's megacolon * sclerotome * Schwann cell * oligohydramnios * avulsion * trochanteric bursitis * somitomere * tunica albuginea * corpora cavernosum * hyaluronic acid * pyogenic * suppurative * pemphigus vulgaris * Weibel-Palade bodies * kwashiorkor (translates to "the sickness the baby gets when the new baby comes" in the Ga language of Ghana - CLICK ME for more info) * synaptotagmin * hallux (big toe) * Law of Bergonie and Tribondeau * Ortolani's Test *

Leaving out definition makes it much more fun, trust me!

A lot of the people who name things in medicine have weird / difficult to remember names. For example: Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser Syndrome is the official name for women who are born without a uterus. Why?!?!
***NOTE TO DAD - EVER SEE THIS DISEASE?***

So this is me signing out. Its 12:14am and I just got yelled at by security to leave the library. This has been a super duper ultra crazy challenging three weeks - and I have definitely tested how much studying I can take. So with caffeine (from the trifecta of coffee, diet coke, AND tea) in my veins, a sore and pen-stained right hand from transcribing outlines, and eyes glazed from staring at a computer, I am giving up on learning everything and going to sleep.

Good news: the second years said between Thanksgiving and Christmas was the worst part of medical school for them, so if I survive this (AKA pass my exams), then I can do this, and I will get an MD. Yay!

Can't wait for tomorrow - freedom for two whole weeks AND a big birthday / holiday / 1/8th doctor bash at a friends house!