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BerLINglazer
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do yall actually use these terms

obstetrician and gynecologist
ophthalmologist
otolaryngologist
urologist
anesthesiologist

ik pediatrician dermatologist and psychiatrist are pretty common but i never heard any of these

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SkrtSkrt
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Not native but still know all of these from School.

#6
BerLINglazer
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nerd

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landobey
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if they are doctors, yes, they use those

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BerLINglazer
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well obviously yea if ur a doctor im talking abt normal person

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landobey
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probably not then

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nuthoneycheerios
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typically americans say

  1. ob/gyn
  2. most americans don't know ophthalmologist vs optomologist vs optometrist, so none
  3. wtf is that
  4. yes, prostate cancer
  5. anesthesiologist is relatively well known, so is pedia, derma, and psychia (psychia vs psycho is not as well known)
#8
ninjaturtle
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Well yeah, but not very often cuz even we tend to forget those terms lol

In India we usually just say "aankhon ki doctor" which translates to "doctor for the eyes" which is basically an ophthalmologist, and similarly for gynecologist, we say "auraton ki doctor" which translates to "doctor for women"

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x3malx3
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yeah i have used all of them as im a biochemistry student, except otolaryngologist which is usually called an "ear nose and throat doctor" colloquially.

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owoboy
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obstetrician and gynecologist are used in the uk as far as im aware (havent heard many people combine the terms like in the us)
ophthalmologist after googling is probably only used in hospital/surgery settings, so not really
otolaryngologist iirc we usually shorten to ENT (ears nose throat) doctor or something similar
urologist is pretty common
anesthesiologist pretty common as well

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landobey
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+1 new word added to my english memory thx

#12
owoboy
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no problem! what was the word :D

#13
landobey
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ent
thought that thing only existed in my country

#14
owoboy
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oh that's pretty interesting, i never really thought about if other languages shorten their medical terms (knowing dutch those guys just spam words like it's nothing)

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landobey
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in turkey people are lazy enough to shorten literally everything

kib
kg (not kilogramme)
bb
kkd
nbr
eks

that's just examples from many

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