Medical Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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bed-blocker n. “Bed blockers” are patients who had been given acute care in a Metro hospital bed but no longer need that attention. They should be sent to a chronic care hospital but there are no available beds. [English Medical] [full cite] (May. 11, 2004)

bed-blocker n. The son said she was not going to be moved. He was happy to pay for chronic care, but not for the six weeks of nursing care that the consultant had deemed necessary for the acute incident.…I can vouch for this story because Biddy is my mother, and I am the son who refused to move her. I confess that I suffered twinges of guilt in my stand. I realised she would be classified as a “bed blocker.” [English Medical] [full cite] (May. 11, 2004)

behind-the-counter drug n. The Food and Drug Administration is considering creating a class of medicines dubbed “behind-the-counter” drugs.…The change would let consumers buy routine medicines—including pills for birth control, cholesterol management and migraines—without a prescription, as long as they discuss it with a pharmacist first. [English Drugs Medical] [full cite] (Oct. 7, 2007)

beltplasty n. Dr. Boris Goldman performed what’s called a beltplasty. “What we do is we actually remove redundant skin and fat from the lower abdomen usually in people who’ve lost a lot of weight.” [English Medical New or Nonce] [full cite] (Mar. 15, 2006)

big snip n. From this point on, I vow never to wince in imaginary pain, cross my legs in a mock protection stance, refer to it as “the big snip,” or make that clicking sound that my wife is quite fond of making when another guy talks to me about their vasectomy. [English Medical Slang] [full cite] (Mar. 19, 2007)

big snip n. The choral tradition has seen a preference for male alto voices.…With few volunteers for “the big snip” these days, they also make convenient stand-ins for the castrato voice—all the rage in vocal music of the baroque to early classical era—while lacking the penetration, power and high notes of these neutered men. [English Medical Slang] [full cite] (Apr. 18, 2007)

biogeneric n. With biogenerics, you would have to show that the two biologics, made using different processes, contain the same ingredient. Then, you would have to prove that the two products are bioequivalent, especially when analytical methodology often does not exist or is proprietary to the brand name product. This would be quite difficult absent clinical studies. [English Medical] [full cite] (Apr. 11, 2007)

biosimilar n. A biosimilar is defined as a biopharmaceutical product—i.e. a drug with a protein as an active ingredient which is produced by genetically modified cell lines which, despite different producing cell lines, compared to an initial supplier product which is already on the market, is so similar that the biosimilar has proven therapeutic equivalence. [English Medical Jargon] [full cite] (Nov. 22, 2006)

biosimilar n. The so-called generic versions of biotechnology drugs could never be exact copies. At most, they could be highly similar, which is why the industry avoids the “generic” term and refers to them as “biosimilars” or “follow-on biologics.” [English Medical Jargon] [full cite] (Jul. 15, 2007)

black box warning n. The agency is directing manufacturers to add a “black box” warning to the health professional labeling of all antidepressant medications to describe this risk and emphasize the need for close monitoring of patients started on these medications. [English Medical Jargon] [full cite] (Feb. 7, 2006)

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