Panache
A cross between ache and panic. The feeling you get when you walk into a family meeting and suddenly remember you can’t think of the patients name you are about to talk about. Submitted by Sebastian Knudsen.
Matt Morgan
Solivane
From solus (alone) + vanus (emptied). A parent who has lost a child; one who moves through the world carrying an absence like a shadow.
Wirehiss
Wardhum
The low, constant background noise of monitors, murmurs, and footsteps that you stop hearing until you leave.
Walllean
Veinspotting
The idle pastime of scanning strangers arms for possible cannulation sites.
Tubevision
Trolleycreak
The uneven, rhythmic rattle of a square-wheeled trolley being pushed along a corridor.
Trayclink
Suturehum
The steady, meditative rhythm of needle, thread, and skin.