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of discussing tumors.

OK, wwh. This is hilarious medical talk to the non-medical person. You foment tumors and then you discuss them. Ha! Now, let us in on what it really means in medical kingdom to discuss tumors.

I have this mental image of modern doctors fomenting a tumor--and then putting on their witch doctor headresses, doing a dance around the tumor, and then discussing the tumor in order to relieve the patient:

Doctor A: "It looks like an inconspicucous little tumor."

Doctor B: "Nice shade of red."

Doctor A: "Fuschia, actually."

Doctor B: "No, not quite fuschia. I think it's magenta."

Doctor A: "Too bad it won't stay around for long. There's something about its shape that's rather appealing."

Doctor B: "What would you call that shape...an obelisk?"

Doctor A: "Not quite...more an widened pyramid, don't you think?"


And so on till the discussed tumor disappeared.

So, wwh, please tell us (me) what it really means to discuss a tumor!