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Cajun Medical Terminology

 Artery:            The study of paintings
 Bacteria:          The back door of a cafeteria
 Barium:            What you do when CPR fails
 Bowel:             Letters like a, e, i, o, and u
 Cat Scan:          Searching for your kitty
 Cauterize:         Make eye contact with her

Cesarean Section: A district on Rome

 Colic:             A sheep dog
 Coma:              A punctuation mark
 Congenital:        Friendly
 D & C:             Where Washington is
 Dilate:            To live longer
 Enema:             Not a friend
 Fester:            Quicker
 G.I. Series:       Baseball games between teams of soldiers
 Hang nail:         a coat hook
 Impotent:          Distinguished, well-known
 Labor pain:        Getting hurt at work
 Morbid:            A higher offer
 Medical Staff:     A doctor's cane
 Nitrate:           Lower than the day rate
 Node:              Was aware of
 Out Patient:       A patient who has fainted
 Pap Smear:         A test for fatherhood
 Pelvis:            Cousin to Elvis
 Post Operative:    A letter carrier
 Protein:           In favor of young people
 Recovery Room:     A place to do upholstery
 Rectum:            Dang near killed him
 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 Veins:    Veins which are very close together
 Vein:              Conceited

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