Medical acronyms and slang
I just ran across this page of medical slang. It’s a hoot. (As long as you don’t mind a slightly morbid bent.)
Warning: it is not politically correct. Not by a long shot.
A few highlights:
- Brothel Sprouts - Genital warts
- Chrome Induced Ischaemia - patient that develops inexplicable chest pains when arrested and handcuffed
- DRT - Dead Right There (patient dead at scene of accident)
- DRTTTT - Dead Right There, There, There and There (patient dead and in multiple parts at scene of accident)
- Faecal Encephalopathy - Sh*t for brains
- LFTWM - Looking for 3 Wise Men (applied to young pregnant females who deny having had intercourse)
- Mushroom syndrome - suffered by lowly medics who are kept in the dark and have crap piled on them
- Parentectomy - removing parents as an effective cure for a child’s problems
- TSS - Toxic Sock Syndrome (often related to homeless)