Medical Terminology for the Layman

Medical Terminology for the Layman


Artery: The study of fine paintings
Barium: What you do when CPR fails
Caesarean Section: A district in Rome
Colic: A sheep dog
Coma: A punctuation mark
Congenital: Friendly
Dilate: To live longer
Fester: Quicker
G. I. Series: Baseball games between teams of soldiers
Grippe: A suitcase
Hangnail: A coat hook
Medical Staff: A doctor's cane
Minor Operation: Coal digging
Morbid: A higher offer
Nitrate: Lower than the day rate
Node: Was aware of
Organic: Musical
Outpatient: A person who has fainted
Post-operative: A letter carrier
Protein: In favor of young people
Secretion: Hiding anything
Serology: Study of English knighthood
Tablet: A small table
Tumor: An extra pair
Urine: Opposite of you're out
Varicose Veins: Veins that are close together