One of my favorite patient verbal misspellings is "I have osteosporosis" (Also commonly misspelled as osteosperosis. This sounds like a fungal infection. In case you're wondering, the correct spelling of osteosperosis and osteosporosis is o-s-t-e-o-p-e-r-o-s-i-s. And just in case you are wondering, about my other favorite patient verbal misspellings, it's prostate, not prostrate. Consider that my public service announcement for the day. What is it with the S's and the R's with misspelling medical terminology such as osteosperosis or osteosporosis or prostrate.
