Medical Terminology For The Layperson
Antigen: Uncle Jim’s wife.
Artery: The study of fine paintings
Autoimmune: A car that will never be in an accident
Barium: What you do when CPR fails.
Benign: What you do after you’re eight.
Centigrade: Mailed test scores.
Cirrhosis: An English knight.
Coccyx: An ill rooster.
Congenital: Friendly
Crutch: Part of a Japanese car not equipped with automatic transmission.
Cryosurgery: Weeping after an operation.
Cystogram: A message sent to your sister.
Dilate: To live long.
Erection: Japanese voting process.
Forceps: A pair of biceps.
G.I. Series: Baseball games between teams of soldiers.
Hygiene: A greeting to Gene.
Intern: The order in which doctors see patients.
Iris: The organization that collects taxes.
Jugular: A circus performer.
Kidney: A baby goat’s leg joint.
Morbid: Higher offer.
Nitrate: Lower than the day rate.
Node: Was aware of.
Outpatient: A person who has fainted.
Palsy: Getting very friendly.
Pigment: What Miss Piggy meant.
Protein: In favor of young people.
Rectum: The result of two cars after a collision.
Testicles: An exam that makes you laugh.
Tibia: Abbreviation for: “To be a.”
Tumor: An extra pair.
Urine: Opposite of you’re out.
Varicose Veins: Veins which are very close together.
Vertigo: What a lost child doesn’t know.