Here are a few examples from the list of anagrams and slang used in the medical industry in the U.S. and the U.K.:
- 3H enema - Enema that is "high, hot, and a hell of a lot." Reputedly given to patients who give staff a hard time.
- 10th Floor Transfer - dying (floor number is always the next number on from the highest floor in the hospital).
- (Acute Lead Poisoning) Air-conditioned - Multiple gun shot wounds
- ALS - Absolute Loss of Sanity (nutcase)
- AQR - Ain't Quite Right
- AST - Assuming Seasonal Temperature (dead)
- BMW - Bitch Moan & Whine
- Bugs in the rug - pubic lice
- Bury the Hatchet - accidently leave a surgical instrument inside a patient.
- Chocolate Hostage - constipated
- CRAFT - Can’t Remember A F*cking Thing
- Eating In - Intravenous feeding
- FTD - Fixing To Die
- God's Waiting Room - intensive care unit and/or geriatric unit
- Hi 5 - HIV positive ("V" being Roman for 5)
- Incarceritis - becoming dubiously ill when arrested or in court
- Negative Wallet Biopsy - (US) patient transferred to cheaper hospital because s/he has no insurance/funds
- OB/GYN - actually means Obstetric/Gynaecology, rumoured to mean "Oh Boy-Got You Naked"
- OPD - Obnoxious Personality Disorder
- Pumpkin Positive - a penlight shone into the patient's mouth/ear would encounter a brain so small that the whole head would light up
- Rule of Five - if more than five of the patient's orifices are obscured by tubing, he has no chance
- Stream team - urology dept
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