Dr. Pedunculated - the etymology

I came up with the name since I'm in peds - (ped)unculated. And I'm in the early stages of my career, budding like a small pedunculated polyp in the wall of the colon. Pedunculated polyps are less dangerous than sessile ones - just a little FYI for you. So the name actually draws the exact picture; less alarming, abnormally growing pediatrician making his way through a world of shit. The shit here refers to our great healthcare system.

There's a funny story behind the name though!!

I have a younger brother who's attending dentistry school. He has his own way of memorizing new terms and definitions. He usually connects new terms to things in real life and that helps him retain the information. During his 2nd year he was so excited to show me how he memorized (pedunculated). He divided the word into two syllables: Pedaan-culated. To my non-Arabic speaking readers, pedaan, is an Arabic expression indicating that something is really boring or lame to the degree it causes your testicles to ache - a feeling he usually gets while studying pathology. Plus, he was lucky enough that testicles, being connected to the body by a stalk, are kind of pedunculated in shape, and that devised the perfect memory tool for him.

My brother and I often use "pedunculated" in our inside jokes to describe lame/annoying doctors we meet at the hospital. And you'll hear me mentioning lame "Dr. Pudunculated" a lot in my upcoming stories.