Monday, February 4, 2008

Medical slang - Reading the whiteboard

clipped from en.wikipedia.org
Medical slang
404 moment
Baby Catcher
Blade
Ax(e)
BoneHo
CNS-QNS
Cock Doc
CTD
Cunts and Runts
DBI
Digging for Worms
Disco biscuits
Doc in a Box
FLK
GOMER
GLM
GPO
GROLIES
Inbreds
Humpty-dumpty doctor
LOBNH
MVA
O-sign
PAFO
Pecker checker
Q-sign
Raisin Farm
Rear Admiral
Rule of Five
Shadow gazer
Short-order chef
Stat
Stream team
Testiculation
TEETH
TTFO
TTR
  • UBI - "Unexplained Beer Injury" [2] [5] [4] [1]
  • Unclear medicine
    Woolworth's Test
  • Hearts and Farts - unit specialising in geriatrics and cardiology [3]
  • Departure lounge - geriatric ward [1]
  • Code Brown - a faecal incontinence emergency. [2] [4]
  • Code Yellow - a patient who has lost control of his or her bladder [4]
  • C&T Ward - Coma ward - "cabbages and turnips" [3]
  • Bounceback - a patient who returns to the emergency department with the same complaints shortly after being released [4]
  • Blood Suckers/Leeches - those who take blood samples, such as laboratory technicians [4] [3]
  • Acades vulgaris - medical students. [3]
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