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Medical slang is the use of acronyms and informal terminology to describe patients, other healthcare personnel and medical concepts. Some terms are pejorative. In English, medical slang has entered popular culture via television hospital and forensic science dramas such as ''Casualty'', ''Holby City'', ''ER'', ''House M.D.'', ''NCIS'', ''Scrubs'' and ''Green Wing''. Examples of pejorative language include ''bagged and tagged'' for a corpse, a reference to the intake process at a mortuary; ''ATFO'' for ''asked to fuck off''; ''bone break need fix'' for ''orthopaedic surgery''; and ''donorcycle'' for ''motorcycle''. Less offensive (in fact, entirely inoffensive for the most part) are the terms ''blue pipes'' for veins; ''cabbage'' for a heart bypass (''coronary artery bypass graft'' or CABG), although this term has a further, offensive meaning of a patient suffering from motor neurone disease or locked-in syndrome; and ''champagne tap'' for a flawless lumbar puncture, that is, one where erythrocyte count is zero (this is cause for champagne to be taken in celebration). ==Limitations on use== In many countries, facetious or insulting acronyms are now considered unethical and unacceptable, and patients can access their medical records. Medical facilities risk being sued by patients offended by the descriptions. Another reason for the decline is that facetious acronyms could be confused with genuine medical terms and the wrong treatment administered. In one of his annual reports (related by the BBC), medical slang collector Dr. Adam Fox cited an example where a practitioner had entered “TTFO”, meaning “told to fuck off”, on a patient’s chart. When questioned about the chart entry, the practitioner said that the initials stood for “to take fluids orally.”〔 〕 While this may or may not be true, it indicates the danger of using informal — and frequently insulting — acronyms. As a result, medical slang tends to be restricted to oral use and to informal notes or E-mails which do not form part of a patient’s formal records. It may also be used among medical staff outside of the hospital. It is not found on patients’ charts and, due to growing awareness of medical slang, often not used in front of patients themselves. 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「medical slang」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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