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Medical Slang Abbreviations

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3H — Enema That Is "high, Hot, And A Hell Of A Lot." Reputedly Given To Patients Who Give Staff A Hard Time.
4F — Fair, Fat, Female And Forty OR Fat, Forty-ish, Flatulent Female (both Mean Abdominal Pain Patient Who Is Candidate For Gall Bladder Disease)
CRI — Cranial Rectal Inversion :-)
FHHS — (US) Female Hispanic Hysterical Syndrome (screaming And Crying)
CABG — Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
FUPA — Fat Upper Pussy Area
TBC — Total Body Crunch: Multiple Injuries
HIVI — Husband Is Village Idiot
PORG — Person of Restricted Growth
PPP — Piss Poor Protoplasm
BTH — Bury the Hatchet
TBD — Total Body Dolor I.e. Complains Of Pain Everywhere
FFFF — See 4F (Fat, Fair, Female, Forty = Gall Bladder Disease)
LMC — Low Marble Count (low IQ)
MAFAT — Mandatory Anasthaesia Fuck Around Time, Precedes Any Incision
UBI — Unexplained Beer Injury
TARFU — Things Are Really Fucked Up. A Situation Worse Than SNAFU, But Not Quite FUBAR.
YOYO — You're On Your Own
NGMI — Not Going To Make It
GLF — Ground Level Fall (tripped Over)
VOMIT — Victim Of Modern Imaging Technology (i.e. Try Treating The Patient, Not The Report From Radiology; Particularly Referring To Invasive Procedures For False Positives.
HI5 — HIV Positive ("V" Being The Roman Numeral For 5)
LOL — Little Old Lady
WOMBAT — Waste Of Money, Brains And Time. Another great acronym from down-under. Ideal for project management commentaries, certain corporate re-branding schemes, the latest government training initiative, etc. (Ack D Martin) The WOMBAT acronym is alternatively in
AMYOYO — Alright Motherfucker, You're On Your Own (seen In Head Injury Patients In Intensive Care)
NKDA — No Known Durg Allergies
ECU — Eternal Care Unit
DOTS — Dead On The Spot
IFOI — "I Fell On It" - (also Eiffel Syndrome) Universal Explanation Given By A Patient With A Foreign Object In The Rectum
404 — 404 Moment. On Card Rounds - When A Patient's Medical Records Cannot Be Located (from Internet Error Message: 404 Page Not Found)
FUBIL — Fuck You Buddy, I'm Leaving. The Act Of A Doctor At A Small Hospital Dumping A Critically Ill Patient On Larger Hospital On Friday Afternoon Before He Leaves For The Weekend.
PID — Pus In Dere
KOKO — Keep On Keeping On
FMPS — Fluff My Pillow Syndrome (attention/sympathy Seeker)
BBB — Blood Brain Barrier
POPTA — Passed Out Prior to Arrival
3PS — Pill, Permissiveness And Promiscuity (relates To Female Patients With Sexually Transmitted Disease)
SAS — Sick As Shit
10TH FT — 10th Floor Transfer - Dying (floor Number Is Always The Next Number On From The Highest Floor In The Hospital).
DPS — (General Practice) Droopy Penis Syndrome: A Patient Wanting Viagra Prescription
45C — Patient Is One Chromosome Short Of A Full Set (questionable IQ)
CHIBLOC — Closed Head Injury, Brief Loss Of Consciousness
HSPL — High Serum Porcelain Level - Patient Is A Crock Of Shit
SWAG — Scientific Wild Ass Guess
HBD — Has Been Drinking
DQ — Drama Queen
UDI — Unidentified Drinking Injury
CTF — Cletus the Fetus
CRI — Cranial Rectal Insertion :-)
ETOH — Extremely Trashed Or Hammered