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Medical Terms

Maybe it's because I studied medical terminology in college—back before I realized that I didn't really like needles and being in a hospital gave me the whim-whams—that these definitions seem so funny. Or, possibly it's because they are funny that they seem so ... well ... rib-tickling! Regardless of the reasons for my own enjoyment, I know you'll get a kick out of them.

MEDICAL DEFINITIONS

ANTIBODY - against everyone

BENIGN - what you be after you be eight

BOWEL - letters like a, e, i, o, u

CESARIAN SECTION - a district in Rome

CAT SCAN - searching for lost kitty

CHRONIC - neck of a crow

COMA - punctuation mark

CORTISONE - area around local courthouse

CYST - short for sister

DIAGNOSIS - person with a slanted nose

DILATE - the late British princess

DISLOCATION - in this place

DUODENUM - couple in jeans

ENEMA - not a friend

FALSE LABOR - pretending to work

GALL BLADDER - bladder in a girl

GENES - blue denim

HERNIA - she is close by

IMPOTENT - distinguished, well-known

LABOR PAIN - hurt at work

LACTOSE - person without digits on the foot

LYMPH - walk unsteadily

MICROBES - small dressing gowns

OBESITY - city of Obe

PROTEIN - in favor of teens

PULSE - grain

PUS - small cat

RED BLOOD COUNT - Dracula

SECRETION - hiding anything

SERUM - sailors' drink

SUBCUTANEOUS - not cute enough

TABLET - small table

TUMOR - extra pair

ULTRASOUND - radical noise

From GCFL.net

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If you get a sec, drop off a comment and tell me which one you enjoyed the most. My favorite was the definition for "benign." I'm still chuckling over it.

10 comments:

Angie said...

That was too funny. I'm still laughing! Thanks.

Cathy said...

I especially liked tumor- extra pair. I like to be pre-paired.

Jane Isfeld Still said...

Love the humor. Congrats on your silver quill. :)

Watchman said...

Very cute. I didn't know doctors had a sense of humor. I guess they all get it out of their systems while still in med school.

Hermana Maw said...

So funny. Thanks for the laugh. :)

Slamdunk said...

Thanks for the laugh.

"Ultrasound" sounds like something I used back in undergrad.

Lisa said...

This is too funny:) I like the Cesarian section the best.

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Debbie Davis said...

I liked lactose, I will never think of that word in quite the same way again. These definitions were all really cute though it was hard to pick a favorite. Congrats on the Silver Quill! Quite exciting!!