Return-Path: <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g0HJMT016961; Thu, 17 Jan 2002 14:22:29 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 14:22:29 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <d4.11afed8b.29787e00@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Dwyoho@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:3520] Health literacy funnies X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL 6.0 for Windows US sub 10556 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_d4.11afed8b.29787e00_boundary" Status: O Content-Length: 4172 Lines: 142 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I hesitate to do this, but below are some "health literacy" concepts that will give you a smile. If anyone is offended, write to me off-list, please! Debbie Artery......................The study of paintings. Benign......................What you be after you be eight. Bacteria....................Back door to cafeteria. Barium......................What doctors do when patients die. Cesarean Section............A neighborhood in Rome. Cat Scan.....................Searching for Kitty. Cauterize...................Made eye contact with her. Coma........................A punctuation mark. Dilate......................To live long. Enema.......................Not a friend. Fester......................Quicker than someone else. Fibula......................A small lie. 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 rates. Node........................I knew it. Pelvis......................Second cousin to Elvis. Post Operative..............A letter carrier. Rectum......................Darn near killed him. Seizure.....................Roman emperor. Tablet......................A small table. Tumor.......................More than one. Urine.......................Opposite of you're out Varicose....................Near by Deborah W. Yoho Co-moderator, NIFL Health Literacy Discussion Group Chief Executive Officer Greater Columbia Literacy Council 921 Woodrow Street Columbia, SC 29205 803/765-2555 dwyoho@aol.com
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