Doctors are renowned for their poor handwriting. The following potential misunderstandings shows why trainee doctors must have, at the very least, a good grasp of English, long with their expertise in science.
| Actual Medical Term | Potential Misunderstanding |
| 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 |
| Caesarean Section | A neighbourhood in Rome |
| Cat scan | Looking for your cat |
| Cauterize | Made eye contact with her |
| Colic | A sheep dog |
| Coma | A punctuation mark |
| Dilate | To live long |
| Enema | Unfriendly female |
| Fester | Quicker than someone else |
| Fibula | A small lie |
| Impotent | Distinguished, well known |
| Labour Pain | Getting hurt at work |
| Medical Staff | A Doctor’s cane |
| Morbid | A higher offer |
| Nitrates | Rates of Pay for Working at Night, normally more money than days |
| Node | I knew it |
| Outpatient | A person who has fainted |
| Post Operative | A letter carrier |
| Recovery Room | Place to do upholstery |
| Rectum | Nearly killed him |
| Secretion | Hiding something |
| Seizure | Roman Emperor |
| Tablet | A small table |
| Terminal Illness | Getting sick at the airport |
| Tumour | One plus one more |
| Urine | Opposite of you’re out |