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Medical terminology for the layman: Some words you should know.

ARTERY -- The study of fine painting

BARIUM -- What you do when a patient dies

BENIGN -- What you are after you are eight

CESAREAN SECTION -- A district in rome

COLIC -- A sheep dog

CONGENITAL -- Friendly

DILATE -- To live long

FESTER -- Quicker

G. I. SERIES -- Baseball game between soldiers

HANGNAIL -- Coat hook

MEDICAL STAFF -- A doctor's cane

MINOR OPERATION -- Coal digging

MORBID -- A higher offer

NITRATE -- Lower than a day rate

NODE -- Was aware of

ORGANIC -- Church musician

OUT PATIENT -- 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 very close together


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