Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Hillbilly Medical Terms

Ok, maybe these are a little cheesy, but I admit I had a good laugh after reading a few. So here's to maybe making your day a little less dreary. And here's to hoping that we never meet any Doctors we visit who think that these are real terms!
Benign................What you be after you be eight.
Bacteria...............Back door to cafeteria.
Barium.................What you do with dead folks.
Cesarean Section.......A neighborhood in Rome.
Catscan................Searching for the cat.
Cauterize..........Made eye contact with her.
Colic...............A sheep dog.
Coma...............A punctuation mark.
D&C................Where Washington is.
Dilate.............To live longer than your kids do.
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, well known.
Labor Pain..........Getting hurt at work.
Morbid..............A higher offer than I bid.
Nitrates...........Cheaper than day rates.
Medical Staff.......A Doctor's cane, sometimes shown with a snake.
Node....................I knew it.
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.
Secretion.......Hiding something.
Tablet..........A small table to change babies on.
Seizure..........Roman emperor who lived in the Ceasarean Section.
Terminal Illness....Getting sick at the train station.
Tumor...............More than one.
Urine...............Opposite of mine.
Varicose............Near by.
Hospital............The biggest building in town, other than Joe's feedwarehouse or Franks lumber mill.

3 comments:

Sam said...

I think my wife is sneaking in on my joke time. The only difference is her's are funny!!!

Adrienne said...

Hmm...I thought those were the real meanings!

Mother Jones RN said...

Too cute, and so true.

MJ