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

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code pink n. Dr. Todd Scharnberg thrives on the intermittent excitement of the work. He described how he and other neonatologists respond to a “Code Pink,” hospital jargon for when a medical team is called in to assist a high-risk delivery or emergency involving newborns. [English Medical] [full cite] (Mar. 12, 2007)

code pink n. Seldon has developed a so-called “code pink” system at Columbia. Like the “code blue” teams which respond to cardiac arrests in virtually all hospitals, the code pink team responds to emergencies in the delivery rooms. [English Medical] [full cite] (Mar. 12, 2007)

code pink n. When there was chaos and the doctors and nurses where taking me quickly down the hall to the operating room and “code pink” was being announced through the hospital’s PA system, I knew something was terribly wrong. The anesthetist increased the epidural and I had an “emergency” cesarean. I gave birth to twin boys (Twin A Matthew and Twin B Steven) but Matthew was in critical condition. [English Medical] [full cite] (Mar. 12, 2007)

coding n. Other interesting medical slang: Circling the drain—crashing —coding——talkin’ to God——a blue bloater—vagaling out—-:). [English Medical] [full cite] (Mar. 10, 2005)

crash v. The senior resident yelled that we would have to “crash” her—medical parlance for an emergency caesarean section. [English Medical Jargon] [full cite] (Jan. 24, 2005)

crash the paeds v. phr. The senior midwife told her junior colleague to “crash the paeds,” the term for an emergency call for the paediatric crash team. [English United Kingdom Medical] [full cite] (Mar. 12, 2007)

crashing v. Other interesting medical slang: Circling the drain—crashing —coding——talkin’ to God——a blue bloater—vagaling out—-:). [English Medical] [full cite] (Mar. 10, 2005)

cyberchondria n. Doctors blame the wealth of web-based information for a rise in “cyberchondria” and say scores of patients are heeding poor or mistaken advice. [English Health Medical] [full cite] (Oct. 4, 2004)

D&X n. Even a ban on partial-birth abortion (known as D&X in medical parlance)—which describes a fraction of all abortions—has been exceedingly difficult to uphold in states. [English Medical Acronym] [full cite] (Jan. 29, 2006)

D.O.A. adj. D.O.A. Dead on arrival. [English Medical Acronym] [full cite] (May. 13, 2005)

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