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   Southern Medical Terms

   Benign......................... What you be, after you be eight.
   Artery......................... The study of paintings.
   Bacteria....................... Back door to cafeteria.
   Barium......................... What doctors do when patients die.
   Cesarean Section............... A neighborhood in Rome.
   Catscan........................ Searching for Kitty.
   Cauterize...................... Made eye contact with her.
   Colic.......................... A sheep dog.
   Coma........................... A punctuation mark.
   D&C............................ Where Washington is.
   Dilate......................... To live long.
   Enema.......................... Not a friend.
   Fester......................... Quicker than someone else.
   Fibula......................... A small lie.
   Genital........................ Non-Jewish person.
   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.
   Medical Staff.................. A Doctor's cane.
   Morbid......................... A higher offer.
   Nitrates....................... Cheaper than day rates.
   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.
   Rectum......................... Damn near killed him.
   Secretion...................... Hiding something.
   Seizure........................ Roman emperor.
   Tablet......................... A small table.
   Terminal Illness............... Getting sick at the airport.
   Tumor.......................... One plus one more.
   Urine.......................... Opposite of you're out.
   Varicose....................... Near by/close by


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