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A code word is a word or a phrase designed to convey a predetermined meaning to a receptive audience, while remaining inconspicuous to the uninitiated. == Medical == * A doctor may refer to a suspected case of tuberculosis as "Koch's Disease" in order to avoid alarming patients. * Some medical nicknames are derogatory, such as GOMER for "Get Out of My Emergency Room". * Emergency rescue workers or police officers may say, "There is a 'K'," to mean a dead body. Valtteri Suomalainen reported ''eksi'' (from ''exitus lethalis''), in use in hospitals in Finland.〔Suomalainen, Valtteri. ''Kuolet vain kahdesti.'' Recallmed 1994.〕 *Code Pink in some hospitals can mean a missing baby, and the initiation of an all staff response. *The euphemisms "Rose Cottage" and "Rainbow's End" are sometimes used in British hospitals to enable discussion of death in front of patients, the latter mainly for children. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Code word (figure of speech)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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