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Medical Slang

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  • Peds

  • Spell out pediatrics

  • Pee

  • Unless the doctor is quoting the patient, please substitute the word urinate for pee.

  • Perfed appy

  • Ruptured appendix

  • Perineal towel sign

  • Refers to panty liner, sanitary napkin, tissues, incontinence diapers, washcloths, or towels worn in underwear of elderly women with urinary incontinence which, in the context of otherwise unexplained illness or early urosepsis

  • Peristalsing

  • Peristalsis is a noun and should not be back formatted to become a verb, even though often dictated that way. Recast the sentence to use correct format; e.g. instead of "Bowel sounds are peristalsing normally," it should read "Peristalsis is normal."

  • Pneumo

  • Pneumo what? pneumonia? pneumothorax? pneumocentesis? pneumocystis? Do not spell out the entire word unless you are absolutely certain of what is meant by this dictated prefix. In this case I would attach a note for the dictator.

  • Popper

  • A drug abuser who self-injects subcutaneously, usually because the drug habit has sclerosed all peripheral IV sites of access, leaving no other way for injection

  • Pothole sign

  • Method to gauge sufferers of an acute appendicitis attack

  • Preemie

  • Premature infant; best spelled out in medical reports

  • Preemie

  • Premature infant

  • Primip

  • Type out primipara

  • Pulse ox

  • Acceptable, as there is only one meaning, but "pulse oximetry" is better spelled out.

  • Pumper

  • Bleeding vessel seen during examination of or repair of a wound


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