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salva glands

Translation: salivary glands

Sample Usage: "The car accident damaged the nerves to my salva glands so my mouth is always dry."

sanotic nerve

Translation: sciatic nerve Also see psychiatic nerve

Sample Usage: "My doctor told me that my back pain was from a flare of my sanotic nerve."

scretchen

Translation: stretching Also see scretches.

Sample Usage: "I can't do my scretchen cuz my leeders are all stove up."

scretches

Translation: stretches Also see scretchen.

Sample Usage: "I can't do my scretches cuz my leeders are all stove up."

scroke

Translation: stroke

Sample Usage: "My momma had a scroke and now she can't use her left side to do nothin."

shark pain

Translation: sharp pain

Sample Usage: "I bent over and got a shark pain in my back"

sick as hell anemia

Translation: sickle cell anemia

Sample Usage: "My doctor told me that sick as hell anemia runs in my family."

smiling mighty Jesus - or - smilin' mighty Jesus

Translation: spinal meningitis

Sample Usage: "My grandson has got the smilin' mighty Jesus."

Submitted by Nancy D.

spiny mighty Jesus - or - spiny meningitis

Translation: spinal meningitis

Sample Usage: "Bubba died cuz he had the spiny mighty Jesus."

Submitted by Jon M.

stove up

Translation: tight, swollen, sore

Sample Usage: "I can't do my stretchin' cuz my leeders are all stove up."

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