Hey y'all, here's a sampling of some highly technical medical terminology *giggle* so you'll know what the heck your doctor is talking about when she starts spouting medical mumbo-jumbo.

ARTERY

Study of paintings

BACTERIA

Back door of the hospital cafeteria

BARIUM

What we do when treatment fails

CONGENITAL

Friendly

DILATE

To live a long life

ENEMA

Not a friend

FESTER

More quickly

FIBULA

A small lie

GENITAL

Not Jewish

G.I. SERIES

Army baseball

HANGNAIL

Coat hook

HIGH COLONIC

Jewish religious holiday

IMPOTENT

Distinguished; well known

LABOR PAIN

Getting hurt at work

NITRATE

Cheaper than the day rate

OUTPATIENT

Person who has fainted

PAP SMEAR

Paternity test

PELVIS

Cousin of Elvis

POSTOPERATIVE

Mail carrier

PROSTRATE

Flat on your back

RECOVERY ROOM

Place to do upholstery

RECTUM

Dang near killed him!

RHEUMATIC

Amorous

SECRETION

Hiding something

SEIZURE

Roman emperor

TERMINAL ILLNESS

Airport sickness

TIBIA

Country in North Africa

TUMOR

More than one

URINE

Opposite of your out

VARICOSE

Nearby

VEIN

Conceited