Medical Terminology

• by IAN MC
• 2012-07-21 06:07:01
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People often use medical terms in their posts to the PM forum which can be difficult to understand . This list of definitions may be helpful :-

Artery................The study of paintings.
Benign................What you be after you be eight.
Barium................What doctors do when patients die.
Cauterize.............Made eye contact with her.
Coma..................A punctuation mark.
Dilate................To live long.
Enema.................Not a friend.
Fester................Quicker than someone else.
Fibula................A small lie.
Genital...............Non-Jewish person.
Hangnail..............What you hang your coat on.
Impotent..............Distinguished, well known.
Labour pain...........Getting hurt at work.
Morbid................A higher offer than I bid.
Nitrates..............Cheaper than day rates.
Node..................Was aware of.
Outpatient............A person who has fainted.
Pap Smear.............A fatherhood test.
Pelvis................Second cousin to Elvis.
Post-operative........A letter carrier.
Recovery room.........Place to do upholstery.
Rectum................Very near killed him.
Secretion.............Hiding something.
Seizure...............Roman emperor.
Terminal illness......Getting sick at the airport.
Tumour................More than one.
Urine.................Opposite of you're out.
Varicose..............Near by/close by.
Vein..................Conceited.

Cheers

Ian