Medicalese: A Humorous Medical Dictionary

Meyer, Peter MD

ISBN 10: 0962818615 / ISBN 13: 9780962818615

Published by Avian-Cetacean Pr, 1994

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Black and white illustrations. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Pictures on request.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Medicalese: A Humorous Medical Dictionary
• Publisher: Avian-Cetacean Pr
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0962818615
• ISBN 13: 9780962818615
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Medicine
  • Signed By Author
  • Humor

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Synopsis

An irreverent, tongue-in-cheek, fun look at everyone and everything in medicine (from patients to nurses to doctors).

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A Dictionary from A to Z: Appointment....Time you are scheduled to show up in the doctor's office to begin a two-hour wait to see the doctor. Blood....Essential life-giving substance, extracted from hospitalized patients in small quantities until it is gone. Medicalese....Medical gibberish talk, which mainly consists of using more and bigger words in place of fewer and smaller words, in order to sound mysterious and impressive. Midwife.... Doctor's second wife, coming after the first wife (dumped after putting the doctor through long years of schooling), and before the last wife (the young, pretty thing the doctor marries in his declining, senile years). Zippo-Brain Syndrome.... Ailment common among Bosses. Caused by the ancient, barbaric and nonsensical habit of wearing neckties. Studies show that neckties constrict arteries supplying the brain, resulting in brain-dead behavior.