Home Health Dictionary

Medical Colloquialisms & Malapropisms

Home Health Dictionary is a medical translation resource / reference designed to assist home health and medical professionals recognize mispronounced, malaproped or colloquial medical terminology. A medical malapropism is typically created by the incorrect use of healthcare terminology by patients or the patients' family when they substitute a similar-sounding word with different meaning.

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repelican movements

Translation: repetitive movements
Sample Usage: "My doctor says my carnal tunnel syndrome is from all the repelican movements that I do with my hands at work." Submitted by Dr. Anonymous.

rotary cup

Translation: rotator cuff
Sample Usage: "I hurt my rotary cup from all that heavy lifting that I do." Submitted by Kevin B.

rotator cup

Translation: rotator cuff
Sample Usage: "I hurt my rotator cup from all that heavy lifting that I do." Submitted by Dr. Anonymous.

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