Longest Word

I was just sitting here studying biochemistry and I think I have come across the longest word I have ever seen:

5-Hydroperoxyeicosatetraenoate.

I don't want to brag, but I've seen quite a few long words in my day. hehe. But come on, seriously, how do you even say this? Most words in chemistry are usually hyphenated, which really discredits them as words. But I think 5-HPETE, as it is abreviated, would count as a completely bonified word, in my opinion, due to the lack of hyphenations. This is a 28 letter word, I mean come on, if you were playing scrabble you wouldn't even be able to play this word because the scrabble board is only 15 by 15, not to mention you only have 8 or so letters to work with at a time. If you think you can beat this 28 letter word, post it below.

This just in: I checked wikipedia and found a 71 letter word:

Twoallbeefpattiesspecialsaucelettucecheesepicklesonionsonasesameseedbun. MMMmm that sounds good right now. Is there a 24 hour McDonalds in Grenada that I can get to via cab right now? Probably.

P.S. 5-HPETE is a intermediate to leukotrienes, inflamatory molecules in the body.

Ewwwwwwww

The ONE THING that has made me cringe in medical school so far: Dead old woman's rotten, festering, external genitalia - it's just not right, man....

Oh, and an update on my midterms: I got an A in all of them.... Boo-ya

Specialties I'm supposed to do

So after taking a "pathway evaluation program," half way through my first semester in medical school. Here are my "specialty compatibilities," (whatever that means) according to http://medweb.usc.edu/pathways/interior.htm?self-assessment.htm.

1. Vascular Surgery
2. Neurological Surgery
3. Thoracic Surgery
4. Colon and Rectal Surgery
5. Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine
6. Pulmonary / Critical Care Medicine
7. Pediatric Surgery
8. General Surgery
9. Gastroenterology
10. Orthopedic Surgery

I wonder how these will change as I progress through med school, or at least get some clinical experience! Surgery does seem fun, though. Although I am looking forward to neurology and that ranked low on the list (22 of 42 specialties). Only time will tell, I suppose.

To people reading this: Take the survey (It takes about 5 minutes) then post your specialties in the response section. Although most of the people I know, I bet I could guess. :-)

P.S. I am REALLY REALLY good at killing mosquitos with my hands, as I just once again proved to myself... Even better than Obama, I'd say.