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carnal tunnel

Translation: carpal tunnel [syn: carpal tunnel syndrome. Also see carpal thunnel, coppatone syndrome.

Sample Usage: "The carnal tunnel makes my hand numb sometimes."

carpal thunnel

Translation: carpal tunnel [syn: carpal tunnel syndrome. Also see carnal tunnel, coppatone syndrome.

Sample Usage: "The carpal thunnel makes my hand numb sometimes."

carpet monoxide poisoning

Translation: carbon monoxide poisoning

Sample Usage: "She left the car running in the garage and we found her on the carpet. The doctor said it was carpet monoxide poisoning."

charlie hawks

Translation: charlie horse

Sample Usage: "Sometimes I wake up with charlie hawks in my leg."

concrussion

Translation: concussion

Sample Usage: "I got hit in the head with a baseball and got a concrussion."

constication

Translation: constipation Also see hemrods.

Sample Usage: "I got those hemrods when I was pregnant from all the constication."

coppatone syndrome

Translation: carpal tunnel syndrome [syn: carpal tunnel] Also see carpal thunnel, carnal tunnel.

Sample Usage: "I've got the coppatone syndrome in my hand."

coppertone syndrome

Translation: carpal tunnel syndrome [syn: carpal tunnel] Also see carpal thunnel, carnal tunnel.

Sample Usage: "I've got the coppertone syndrome in my hand."

corda spina

Translation: spinal cord

Sample Usage: "The doctor told me I broke my corda spina."

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craps

Translation: cramps

Sample Usage: "Doc, I got the craps in my legs that wake me up at night."

cry

Translation: try

Sample Usage: "I'm going to cry real hard to get better."

cruciating pain

Translation: excruciating pain

Sample Usage: "I have been in cruciating pain since my accident."

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