April 2nd was "Laugh Out Loud Day" in Iowa

[wbreitman]

With unprecedented enthusiasm, Iowans have embraced the challenge to become the healthiest state in the nation by 2016. Since well-being includes both physical and emotional health – and laughter contributes to both - Monday, April 2, has been declared “Laugh Out Loud Day” in Iowa. I hope the following brings you a laugh or two!

Medical Definitions

· Artery: The study of paintings.

· Bacteria: Back door to cafeteria.

· Barium: What doctors do when patients die.

· Benign: What you be after you be eight.

· 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 than I bid.

· Nitrates: Cheaper than day.

· Node: Was aware of.

· 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: Darn near killed him.

· Secretion: Hiding something.

· Seizure: Roman emperor.

· Tablet: A small table.

· Terminal Illness: Getting sick at the airport.

· Tumor: More than one.

· Urine: Opposite of you're out.

· Varicose: Nearby, close by.

· Vein: Conceited