Jobs/Persons Medications/Interventions
Barrister Accupressure
Bartender Advir diskus
Builder/labourer Aerobic
Councillor Anti-sickness
Counsellor/counselling Arthroplasty/ Arthroscopy
District nurse Ativan
Forklift driver Baclofen
Geneticist Benadryl
Insurer Bereavement counselling
Kinesiologist/osteopath/chiropractic/osteotherapist Bladder washout
Otolaryngologist Cauterization
Phlebotomist Cease/ceasing/cessation smoking
Podiatrist Celestone Soluspan
Rheumatologist Cholecystectomy
Roof tiler Clopidogrel
Seller vs Sailor Codeman-Hakim shunt
Sibling Colace (OTC for constipation)
Sole guardian Colofac
Spouse Colposuspension
Truck driver Compression Stockings/socks
Crestor, Tricor, Sudafed
Diseases Cymbalta
Amblyopia Decongestant
Azotaemia Dentures
Bariatric Detrol
Bouts Dialyvite
Bulimia/bulimia nervosa Diary/dairy products
Capsulitis Dilaudid
Celiac disease Dilautin
Cervicitis Elastoplast
Dumping syndrome Epipen
Dust mite Excedrin
Eczema (cracked/weepy rash and scaly rash) Exploratory laparotomy
Eczematous Floradix
Flaky skin/scalp Flurbiprofen
Greasy stool Fortnight/fortnightly
Head lice Gentle exercise
Helicobacter pylori Ginsana
Infarcts Hand splints
Lyme Handrails
Mastoiditis Head pad
Nocturnal/nocturia Heat pad/heating pad
Odontalgia Humidifier
Hydrochlorothiazide, lisinopril pravastatin metoprolol
Palsy/Bell’s palsy
diltiazem hydrocodone
Pedal edema Illicit drugs/substances
Petechial rash/Petechiae Immobilisation boot
Phlegm Imodium
Plaque IVC filter
Precocious puberty Keflex
Scurvy Klonopin
Sore (cold sores**)/sore throat Laminectomy
Sprained ankle Lice comb
Testicular/testicle torsion Lipitor
Wart Losec
Whiplash Lovaza
Lukewarm bath
Sports/Exercise/Training/Activities Macrogol
Athletic/Athlete Mastoidectomy
Badminton MDMA/ecstasy
Baseball Microdiscectomy/microdecompression/microdiskectomy
Bosu ball (for physiotherapy & rehabilitation) Mitomycin
Camping Morning after pills/monofeme
Competitive “orienteering”/competition/ Motrin
Does Ballet/tap dancing Neurontin/Celebrex
Gardening Nexium
Lawn/Mowing Oestradiol
Netball Oily/oil moisturiser
Nording walk/Nordic walking Opiate mix
Play rowing Pacerone/Toprol/Zetia
Playing darts Padding
Rackets Pads and tampons
Rock climbing Peppermint oil
Rugby/helmet Pethidine (pain killer)
Skiing/skier Pillow/pillow cases
Squash Plavix
Squat/Bend/half squat Prednisone/ prednisolone
Stretching Prevnar vaccine
Tai Chi Proscar
Tournament Protonix
Treadmill Puffer
Purgatives/aperients
Pain/Sensations/Feelings/Symptoms Quick-Eze/peppermint
“Fuzzy” baby/Fuzziness/fuzzy ear/vision Remedy/Remedies
“Lax/tender” abdomen Rhinocort/Nasacort/Dilantin
“Let off leash/off leash” feeling Ritalin
“Limp”, I have a “limp” Rivaroxaban
“Supple” neck Septoplasty
Aches/aching Simethicone
Agony Sling for shoulder
Alignment/misalignment/misaligned Soap
Awkward Sotalol
Band-like pressure Soup/soup substitute
Barking/nasty cough Sperm banking
Be in/get into a state Sponge bath
Bitter/sour (not sore) taste Stay off your feet
Black specks in urine/stool Steri strips
Bloated Sturdy shoes
Blocked up (headache) in flu and congestion Suppository
Blowing, roaring, buzzing, hissing, humming,
whistling, crackling, bubbling, “rice Krispies” or Symbicort (budesonide/formoterol) = inhalers
sizzling sound in ear
Brain-fog Synthroid
Breakthrough pain Tenormin (BB)
Breast dimpling Towel
Bullet in the head Tummy tuck/abdominoplasty
Bump into something/skin bumps Ventolin (albuterol)
Burbling vs heartburn Vioxx
Burning Wheelie walker/stick/rollator
Burp/burping Xanax (alprazolam)/Valium
Cannot grip things Zantac (Ranitidine), Zyrtec (cetirizine), Claritin
Chapped lips/Chapped mouth Zoloft, panadeine forte
Chest pain like a strained or pulled muscle
Clammy Food & Drinks
Clogged (ear or nose) in flu and congestion Bacon
Colicky (abdominal pain) Bingeing food/drink “binge”
Complained of breaking wind (=flatulence=passing
Butter/oat
flatus/gases)
Concomitant = associated Coconut/peanut
Coryzal symptoms Crisps/chip (s)
Cramping/Grumpy/irritable Fizzy drinks
Craving Gluten free diet
Crescendo-decrescendo Lamb meat
Cripple/crippled lean meat
Crusty mucus Legumes
Deaf, blind, dumb/mute (muteness/mutism) Little and often regime
Dental caries Milky puddings
Diaphoresis Pears
Diseased vs deceased (died) Refined food
Dizzy spells Shell fish
Dreadful Soy/soybean
Excruciating Starch
Feeling “little off or up & down” Veal meat
Feeling “off-colour” Wheat, Rye, Barley, Triticale, pastured processed meat
Feeling “rundown” Whisky
Feeling weary (weary brain/weary eyes)/weariness
Feeling woozy Investigations
Feels Trembly (tremble/trembling)/shifty Cardiotocograph/Cardiotocography
Fertility Cholangiogram
Flabby arms/abdomen Colposcopy
Flickering or flashing lights (vision) Cystourethroscopy
Floppy baby Dietary counselling
Grit in eyes Down gaze/horizontal gaze
Growth spurt Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
Habit-forming (addictive) Fluorescein
Hacking cough/whooping cough Forceps
Husky voice Proctoscopy
Icterus Punch biopsy
Impending sensation of death Scheduled
Impingement (Rotator cuff impingement) Scintigraphy/Scintillation
Intensified Sham (surgery/drug)
Intermenstrual/post-coital (bleeding)/coital/coitus
Jarring injury/movements Body parts
Jerking movements Abdominal girth
Jet lag (= very tired after travel) Achilles heel/quads/hamstrings
Knee bends/knee bent Adnexa/adnexal
Knee has clicking/popping sound Armpit
Knotted sensation in the abdomen Belly button=navel=umbilicus
Lethargy Belly/tummy
Lightheadedness/lightheaded Bum cheek/Bumcheek
Lockjaw Calves/calf
Loosened stool/loosened bowel movements Ear
Moaning/moaned Iliopsoas
Mood swings/ Moody Knee cap
Muffled Lamina propria
Nicked skin Lean body
Niggling/Nagging Loin
Nose stuffiness/Stuffy nose Lump/hump
Numbness or numb Palm
Oozing of blood/pus Scrotal
Overwhelmed/overwhelming Slime
Panicky Sole
Pass sand/gravel in stool/urine Supine/prone
Pinch/pinched/trapped nerve Toe
Pinchable Torso
Pins, numbness and needles sensation Urethral
Pitting (not bitting) oedema Waist
Pounding headache/heart/ear/pain/pressure White of the eye
Prickling Womb=uterus
Puckered skin/skin dimpling
Pulling sensation (in neck) Other
Rub/rubbing/rubbed eyes Abrupt
Rumbling sound in abdomen Abstain
Scald/scalded Adhesive
Searing pain Ambulate
Seborrhoeic Auditory
Seeing floaters Bear “weight”
Shivering Bending over
Short-sighted Blend
Skin tag/boil/burrow/grain (hair grain) Brace
Slipped (slip, slipping)/twisted disc/bone Breech
Slurred/slurring speech Chaotic/chaos
Sneezing Chores
Soaked/soaking for periods Climb
Soothe Damp weather
Splitting (headache) Dope smoker
Squinting Dozen
Stabbing pain Erratic
Sting/stung Flip top
Stinging/burning pain Guitar string
Stomach feels full up/feel full Halter
Stomping gait/scissoring gait/festinant/festinating
gait/freezing gait/waddling or Trendelenburg Halved
gait/antalgic gait
Stooped gait/stooping walk/stooped posture Hold
Straining Intuitive/counter intuitive
Striking Kindergarten
Struvite stone Maternity
Stumble Mind-bending
Stutter/stuttering Momentum
Sudden burst Mortgage
Suffocating/choke/strangle/asphyxiate/smother/stifle Nearly
Symptoms subsided Nimbly
Tartar Overlook
Tear/torn/trim Perspiration
tearing/ripping sensation Purple
Terrible vs trouble/terrible pain Quiz
Throw up (vomiting) Recuperation
Tingling/tingle Resin
Tiredness Rigour/rigorous
Toothache Spiritual
Twinging/twinges/twinge/tightness pain Stricter
Unattainable Susceptible
Unbearable/ intolerable Sustainable
Venomous Tease out
Vexing pain Teeter
Worn out (feeling) Twinge
Worrisome Vulnerable
Freak
Buttoning
Carry on=continue
Fomites/utensils
