The history of science is replete with Swedish contributions – such as the invention of the Latin system for naming plants and animals by Carl Linneaus, or the Celsius temperature scale by Anders Celsius. What is less known are all the medical terms with Swedish origins:

Amnesia – Forgetting past offenses after amnesty has been granted.

Artery – The study of paintings.

Barium – What you do when CPR fails.

Cardiac Arrest – Being apprehended for improper use of a car jack.

Cesarean Section – A district in Rome.

Circumcision – Getting cut off even while screaming to make yourself heard.

Coma – A punctuation mark.

Diet – Killing it.

Dislocated Shoulder – Side of road is separated from lanes of traffic.

Fasting – Speeding.

Fatty acid – Bad LSD.

Fester – Quicker.

Forceps – Used when the development of biceps and triceps are in their infancy.

G.I. Series – Baseball games between teams of soldiers.

Grippe – A suitcase.

Hangnail – A coat hook.

Hangover – A coat rack.

Heartburn – Hair on the chest, as opposed to side burns.

Herpes – Not his piece.

I.C.U. – Your concealment failed.

I.Q. – Measurement of person’s patience to wait in line.

Intestinal Flora – Edible plants.

Medical staff – A doctor’s cane.

Morbid – A higher offer.

Migraine – Extreme materialism where even the tiniest of objects must be possessed.

Nitrate – Lower than the day rate.

Nocturnal Emission – Sneaky industrial pollution.

Node – Was aware of.

Outpatient – A person who has fainted.

Overweight – An unreasonably long wait.

Pain in the Rear – Conducting business transactions at the back of the store.

Pores – The financially challenged.

Post-operative – A letter carrier.

Protein – In favor of young people.

Psychopath – The way a crazy person takes through the forest.

Secretion – Hiding anything.

Semen – Sailors.

Serology – Study of English Knighthood.

Snot – “It isn’t!”

Sole of the Foot – The subconscious.

Strained Ankle – Parent’s brother under duress.

Sympathetic Nervous System – A person who really feels for you.

Parasympathetic Nervous System – Two people that really feel for you.

Tablet – A small table.

Tuberculosis – Infectious disease of root vegetables – may spread to humans through Consumption.

Tumor – An extra pair.

Urine – You get to participate.

Uterus – The place to hang out before discovering Toys’R’Us.

Varicose Veins – Veins which are very close together.

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