What is a pomegranate, an elephant and a pattern? Do you know the doctors lingo? [QUIZ]

Each environment or professional group has its own jargon. Doctors, nurses and paramedics are no exception. The language they use is full of terms that can be quite a surprise to the uninitiated. Or maybe you just know them? Test yourself in our quiz.

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Something easy to start with. The “pill” is …

painkiller
nurse
farmacuetka
nurse Next question

“Bobsleigh” doctors define

stretcher
a bed in the ICU
wheelchair
stretcher Next question

“Toaster” in the slang of doctors is

defibrillator
lampa RTG
magnetic resonance imaging apparatus
defibrylatoer Next question

What can be done with an abscess?

evacuate
edit
eliminate
evacuate Next question
“Incision and abscess evacuation” is a procedure used in the case of subcutaneous lesions

«Wakcyna» to

syringe
vaccine
antibiotic
vaccine Next question

“Bird intubation” is

connection of a ventilator
catheterization
insertion of a cannula
catheterization Next question

“Worms” it

large family members visiting the patient
bacteria
little pills given to patients
bacteria Next question

“Lie detector” it

ultrasound device
EKG equipment
pulse oximeter
pulse oximeter Next question

«Frog» it

pulse oximeter
blood container
stethoscope
blood container Next question

«Gymnastics» it

stress test of the heart
operation
resuscitation of the patient
resuscitation of the patient Next question

«Pomegranate» it

suppository
stimulant
defibrillator
suppository Next question

«Nervous» it

patient with nervous disease
anxious patient at ED
neurologist or neurosurgeon
neurologist or neurosurgeon Next question

«Routes»

patient fever card
handwritten prescription
ECG recording
ECG recording Next question

“Telephone” is an old humorous term

stethoscope
respirator
enema device
enema device Next question

“Little elephant” is

oxygen mask
resuscitation kit
head of the Department
oxygen mask Next question
Your score: Poorly
After all, not everyone has to know a rather hermetic language. But things will go better the second time around
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Your score: Medium
It seems you have too rarely had the opportunity to eavesdrop on doctors
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Your score: Okay
You are well on your way to learning the hermetic slang doctors use to communicate
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Your score: Great
You obviously like the nuances of our language. Or – hopefully not – you visit hospitals often
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Your score: Excellent!
I think you have a doctor in your family. Or you are from this environment
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