Humor is therapeutic.....Guide to Medical Terminology

From: Helen Dynda (olddad66@runestone.net)
Mon May 15 13:27:12 2000


[] Redneck Guide to Medical Terminology:

BENIGN................... What you be after you be eight

ARTERY .................. The study of paintings

BACTERIA ................ Back door to the cafeteria

BARIUM .................. What doctors do when patients die

CESAREAN SECTION ........ A neighborhood in Rome

CAT-SCAN ................ Searching for kitty

CAUTERIZE ............... Made eye contact with her

COLIC ................... A sheep dog

COMA .................... Punctuation mark

D&C ..................... Where Washington is

DILATE ...................To live long

ENEMA ................... Not a friend

FESTER .................. Quicker than someone else

FIBULA .................. A small lie

G.I. SERIES ............. World Series of military baseball

HANGNAIL ................ What you hang your coat on

IMPOTENT ................ Distinguished or well-known

LABOR PAIN .............. Getting hurt at work

MEDICAL STAFF ........... Doctor's cane

MORBID .................. A higher offer than I bid

NITRATES ................ Cheaper than day rates

NODE .................... I knew it

OUTPATIENT .............. A person who has fainted

PELVIS .................. Second cousin to Elvis

POST OPERATIVE .......... A letter carrier

RECOVERY ROOM ........... Place to do upholstery

SEIZURE ................. Roman emperor

TABLET .................. A small table

TERMINAL ILLNESS ........ Getting sick at the airport

TUMOR ................... More than one

VARICOSE ................ Near or close by


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