[Polybius]

You know it's sometimes hard to keep up with what words are 'in' and what words are 'out'.

In radiology, the bony changes seen in dwarf syndromes used to be called the changes of "dwarfism".

Then, the Politically Correct winds blew and the preferred term became "dysplasias".

The not-too-Politically-Correct bone radiology professor lectured us on the now proper terminology only to end with,

"But I'm not too crazy about the new term...........Snow White and the Seven Dysplastics???"

[ladyjane]

LOL. I'm still trying to figure out what is wrong with the word Oriental and why Asian is preferred. Anybody?