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Old May 17, 2004, 04:46 PM
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Medical Definitions

Ok, yall have probably heard these before, but they made me smile.

Artery - the study of paintings
Barium - what's done if a patient dies
Cat Scan - searching for kitty
Cauterize - made eye contact with her
Coma - a punctuation mark
D & C - where Washington is
Dilate - to live a long time
Enema - not a friend
Fester - quicker
Fibula - a small lie
Impotent - distinguished and well known
Labour Pain - getting hurt at work
Medical Staff - a doctors cane
Morbid - a higher offer
Nitrates - better than day rates
Node - was aware of
Outpatient - when a patient faints
Post Operative - delivers the mail to the ward
Recovery Room - a place to do upholstery
Rectum - Damn near killed 'em
Secretion - hiding something
Seizure - a Roman emperor
Tablet - a small table
Ultrasound - very good music
Urine - the opposite of "you're out"
Varicose - nearby
Vein - conceited


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Old May 17, 2004, 11:43 PM
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I've heard these before too , but they still make me laugh.

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Old Aug 09, 2004, 12:45 PM
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one more term

Here's one more, though not funny (sorry). Whenever I see "discomfort" on a description of a medical test, I substitute "white knuckle pain" and that usually turns out to be about right (think flex sig).

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Old Aug 09, 2004, 01:24 PM
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I've never heard these but they were hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!

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