Medical Terminology and Definitions

These are just a few....

clipped from purpleshadeofblack.blogspot.com LABOR PAIN - Getting hurt at work. FIBULA - A small lie. BACTERIA - Back door to the cafeteria. EPIDERMIS - Cousin Epi didn't get that deer. IMPOTENT - Distinguished, well known. MEDICAL STAFF - A doctors' cane. BARIUM - What to do when a patient dies. CAUTERIZE - Made eye contact with her. SEIZURE - Roman emperor. BENIGN - What you be after eight. ARTERY - The study of paintings. TUMOR - More than one. COLIC - A sheep dog. HANGNAIL - What you hang your coat on. NITRATES - Cheaper than day rates. FESTER - Quicker than the other guy. COMA - A punctuation mark. CAT SCAN - Kitty hunting. URINE - Opposite of your out. TERMINAL ILLNESS - Getting sick at the airport. VARICOSE - Nearby or close by. OUTPATIENT - A person who has fainted. ENEMA - Not a friend. DILATE - To live too long. MORBID - An offer higher than I bid. RECTUM - DANG NEAR KILLED EM! (Actual homework for Anatomy and Physiology)