The ironically named physician leading the study on the efficacy of metformin as an adjuvant to castration in treatment of advanced prostate cancer is Devalingam Mahalingam.
Deva- is from the Indo-European stem for God (hence dios/theos in Greek and the Latin deus).
Maha- meaning great has the Indo-European stem meg from which we get mega-, magnus, etc.
And lingam? That means phallus, which is worshiped by devotees of Shiva as a symbol of the male procreative force in nature.
In Hindu temples the shivalingam is placed on a pedestal representing the female reproductive organs (yoni*) thus creating a potent (fnarr, fnarr) fertility symbol.
Dr. Divine-penis Great-penis, we wish you the best of luck in your clinical study!
*In Watership Down there is a hedgehog called Yoni, surely an inside joke.
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