Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Free
Faster access than browser!
 

Medical slang

Index Medical slang

Medical slang is the use of acronyms and informal terminology to describe patients, other healthcare personnel and medical concepts. [1]

21 relations: Acronym, Acronyms in healthcare, Alcohol intoxication, BBC, Email, English language, ER (TV series), Grey's Anatomy, House (TV series), List of medical abbreviations, London, Lumbar puncture, Morgue, Motorcycle, NCIS (TV series), Popular culture, Red blood cell, Scrubs (TV series), St Mary's Hospital, London, The BMJ, Vein.

Acronym

An acronym is a word or name formed as an abbreviation from the initial components in a phrase or a word, usually individual letters (as in NATO or laser) and sometimes syllables (as in Benelux).

New!!: Medical slang and Acronym · See more »

Acronyms in healthcare

Acronyms are very commonly used in healthcare settings.

New!!: Medical slang and Acronyms in healthcare · See more »

Alcohol intoxication

Alcohol intoxication, also known as drunkenness or alcohol poisoning, is negative behavior and physical effects due to the recent drinking of ethanol (alcohol).

New!!: Medical slang and Alcohol intoxication · See more »

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

New!!: Medical slang and BBC · See more »

Email

Electronic mail (email or e-mail) is a method of exchanging messages ("mail") between people using electronic devices.

New!!: Medical slang and Email · See more »

English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

New!!: Medical slang and English language · See more »

ER (TV series)

ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist and medical doctor Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994, to April 2, 2009, with a total of 331 episodes spanning over 15 seasons.

New!!: Medical slang and ER (TV series) · See more »

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series that premiered on March 27, 2005, on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) as a mid-season replacement.

New!!: Medical slang and Grey's Anatomy · See more »

House (TV series)

House (also called House, M.D.) is an American television medical drama that originally ran on the Fox network for eight seasons, from November 16, 2004 to May 21, 2012.

New!!: Medical slang and House (TV series) · See more »

List of medical abbreviations

Abbreviations are used very frequently in medicine.

New!!: Medical slang and List of medical abbreviations · See more »

London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

New!!: Medical slang and London · See more »

Lumbar puncture

Lumbar puncture (LP), also known as a spinal tap, is a medical procedure in which a needle is inserted into the spinal canal, most commonly to collect cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) for diagnostic testing.

New!!: Medical slang and Lumbar puncture · See more »

Morgue

A morgue or mortuary (in a hospital or elsewhere) is used for the storage of human corpses awaiting identification or removal for autopsy or respectful burial, cremation or other method.

New!!: Medical slang and Morgue · See more »

Motorcycle

A motorcycle, often called a bike, motorbike, or cycle, is a two-> or three-wheeled motor vehicle.

New!!: Medical slang and Motorcycle · See more »

NCIS (TV series)

NCIS is an American action police procedural television series, revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which investigates crimes involving the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.

New!!: Medical slang and NCIS (TV series) · See more »

Popular culture

Popular culture (also called pop culture) is generally recognized as a set of the practices, beliefs, and objects that are dominant or ubiquitous in a society at a given point in time.

New!!: Medical slang and Popular culture · See more »

Red blood cell

Red blood cells-- also known as RBCs, red cells, red blood corpuscles, haematids, erythroid cells or erythrocytes (from Greek erythros for "red" and kytos for "hollow vessel", with -cyte translated as "cell" in modern usage), are the most common type of blood cell and the vertebrate's principal means of delivering oxygen (O2) to the body tissues—via blood flow through the circulatory system.

New!!: Medical slang and Red blood cell · See more »

Scrubs (TV series)

Scrubs (stylized as) is an American medical comedy-drama television series created by Bill Lawrence that aired from October 2, 2001, to March 17, 2010, on NBC and later ABC.

New!!: Medical slang and Scrubs (TV series) · See more »

St Mary's Hospital, London

St Mary's Hospital is an NHS hospital in Paddington, in the City of Westminster, London, founded in 1845.

New!!: Medical slang and St Mary's Hospital, London · See more »

The BMJ

The BMJ is a weekly peer-reviewed medical journal.

New!!: Medical slang and The BMJ · See more »

Vein

Veins are blood vessels that carry blood toward the heart.

New!!: Medical slang and Vein · See more »

Redirects here:

Choly, Normal for Norfolk, Normal for norfolk.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_slang

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »