Medical Slang

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• Echo

Echo what? echocardiogram? ECHO virus infection? echoencephalogram? Be certain of the meaning if you are going to expand the term. Otherwise, leave the prefix as dictated.



• Epi

Epinephrine; spell it out



• Epi sick

Pale, green, nauseous, chest-pounding, tachycardiac appearance of patient who has received aggressive subcutaneous epinephrine therapy in anaphylaxis or status asthmaticus



• Ex lap

Spell out exploratory laparotomy



• Exam

An acceptable short form of the word examination.