‘Between you and me, we ought to be able to get this lady pregnant.’
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‘Exam of genitalia reveals that he is circus sized.’
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‘Examination reveals a well-developed male lying in bed with his family in no distress.’
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‘Many years ago the patient had frostbite of the right shoe.’
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‘She has no rigors or chills but her husband says she was very hot in bed last night.’
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‘The baby was delivered, the cord clamped and cut, and handed to the pediatrician, who breathed and cried immediately.’
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‘The lab test indicated abnormal lover function.’
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‘The patient has been depressed ever since she began seeing me.’
‘The patient experienced sudden onset of severe shortness of breath with acute pulmonary edema at home while having sex which gradually deteriorated in the emergency room.’
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‘The patient is a seventy-nine-year-old widow who no longer lives with her husband.’
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‘The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed.’
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‘The patient lives at home with his mother, father, and pet turtle, who is presently enrolled in day care three times a week.’
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‘The patient was to have a bowel resection. However, he took a job as stockbroker instead.’
WHERE’S IT FROM?
HEAD HONCHO
The word ‘honcho’ comes from a Japanese word meaning ‘squad leader’ and first came into usage in the English language during the American occupation of Japan following World War Two.