MEDICAL TERM LAY EXPLANATION
Artery The study of fine paintings.
Barium What you do when CPR fails.
Cesarean Section A district in ancient Rome
Colic A useful sheep dog
Coma A curvy punctuation mark
Congenital Very friendly
Dilate To live a long time
Fester Quicker
G.I. Series Baseball games between teams of soldiers
The Grippe A favorite suitcase
Hangnail Coat hook
Medical Staff An old doctor’s cane
Minor operation Digging coal
Morbid A higher offer
Nitrate Lower than the day rate
Node Was aware of
Organic A religious piece of music played on a keyed instrument
Outpatient A person who just fainted
Post-Operative A USPS letter carrier
Protein In favor of adolescents
Secretion Hiding stuff
Serology Study of English knighthood
Tablet Prior to 2002, a small table
Tumor More than a pair
Urine Yours. Also, the opposite of “you’re out.”
Varicose veins Blood vessels that are very near each other
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