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	Slang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Slang is the use of highly informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's dialect or language.
		Slang terms are frequently particular to a certain subculture, such as musicians, skateboarders, and members of a minority.
		Slang is to be distinguished from jargon, the technical vocabulary of a particular profession, as the association of informality is not present.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Slang (1269 words)

	Cadernos de Saúde Pública - Trambiclínicas, pilantrópicos, e mulambulatórios (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The author analyzes medical slang in Rio de Janeiro based on the view of interactive or live metaphor proposed by such authors as Black and Ricoeur, applied to puns and other jokes from medical work, with the goal of unveiling what physicians mean by this linguistic register.
		By adopting metaphor as the basis for slang and interaction as the concept that best expresses the semantic power of metaphor, we affirm that medical slang is irreplaceable as a significant of medical ethos, even though it may interact with other references for this ethos, like scientific and deontological discourse.
		Medical slang is thus essentially connotative (Ducrot and Todorov, 1979:23), to the extent that the significant element is the use of the linguistic register per se.
	www.scielo.br /scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X1998000400002&lng=pt&nrm=iso (5679 words)

	sBMJ
		Perhaps staff in emergency medicine departments, the epicentre of medical slang, would prefer the kinder definition of "language of a highly colloquial type." Either way, medical slang has a growing vocabulary, and over several years we have collected over 200 slang terms in use in British hospitals.
		Ethically, healthcare professionals should balance the time saving that slang allows with an understanding of the potential harm that can occur both in the management of a patient with ambiguous notes and to the patient's feelings should he or she ever read their notes.
		Many medical trainees may not know how to stay open to their humanity and vulnerability and so associate human responsiveness, warmth, and compassion with not being professional.
	www.studentbmj.com /back_issues/0702/education/225.html (1387 words)

	Medical translation by Lengua Translations
		And without a full understanding of the medical terms, medical concepts and medical terminology it is impossible to construct a complete translation that captures the universal meaning of the original medical text.
		Translating medical documents and medical terms cannot be entrusted to a person who simply speaks the required language.
		Medical translation services are now particularly important because most medical literature is written in English or German, which are languages that many people do not speak.
	www.lengua.com /medical-translation.shtml (459 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Slang is found in everyone’s speech, whether formal or informal, and varies widely between each social group.
		Slang is extremely diverse, we have decided to narrowed our selection of words and categorize them according to six general groups as follows: slang of the Lesbian and Gay community, High School slang, College Dorm slang, Technical and Professional slang, Religious slang, and Medical slang.
		The collection of slang terms gathered here were later explained by the students as those used frequently in the hip hop community.
	www.unm.edu /~method3/upload/Slang.doc (956 words)

	Medical Transcription Program Outline - Professional Career Development Institute
		He is an experienced medical office administrator and currently provides consulting to medical practices on such issues as medical billing and coding, financial analysis, workflow and utilization of software.
		Medical word building; the roles of prefixes, combining forms and suffixes; body directions, planes and cavities; the major body systems; terms used to describe cells, tissues and glands; medical specialties.
		Abbreviations and symbols; apostrophes; brief forms and medical slang; capitals; colons; commas; dashes; editing; eponyms; flagging reports; format; grammar; hyphens; numbers; parentheses and brackets; periods; question marks; quotation marks; semicolons; slash mark; spelling and usage.
	www.pcdi.com /courses/yy/outline.html (923 words)

	Scotland on Sunday - Health - What's up doc? Am I a Tfbundy or just Fodttfo? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Concern at the use of medical slang has led to warnings from medical unions that doctors could be sued or embarrassed in court if the slang is discovered on patients’ notes.
		Aside from the offence the slang causes to patients, doctors are required by law to keep accurate and clear medical records.
		According to Fox, accident and emergency departments are the "epicentre of medical slang" and the source of the most colourful terms.
	scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com /health.cfm?id=972222002 (772 words)

	Medical Transcription Course Outline
		Medical dictionaries and word books are described, as well as techniques of cross referencing.
		Specialized medical suffixes and prefixes are defined, and their usage described.
		In this module, students are presented with a concluding overview of the practice of medical transcription.
	transcription.thevlc.com /information/course_outline.html (1074 words)

	Hazel Tank's Word Lists - The Way Doctors Talk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		It should be firmly understood that slang, acronyms, abbreviations (even authorized ones) as well as shortened forms are not acceptable in the diagnoses or in operative report titles.
		Following are but a few of the more popular examples of dictated medical slang, to be continually added to over time as our dictators coin even more of these colorful terms.
		Medical dictators love to make verbs out of nouns which are about as acceptable as the bastardization of the noun modem into "modemed" a term many of us use in our everyday conversation.
	www.prenhall.com /medtransoriginal/wordlist/medicalese.htm (1581 words)

	translation - technical translation
		Since the tasks involved in the processing of technical, financial, medical or legal documents fall outside the repertoire of ordinary translators, we hire certified language specialists who truly understand those issues.
		Medical translators: Translating medical documents cannot be entrusted to a person who simply speaks the target language.
		They use up-to-date medical terminology and slang, accurate medical terms, and culturally sensitive language in order to reflect the intended meaning of any medical document.
	www.voxtranslations.com (709 words)

	FAS
		Spurs under the sole (plantar area) typically cause localized tenderness and pain that is made worse by stepping down on the heel.
		Medical slang for a fascinating case, usually involving a rare disease.
		Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on FAS and any other medical topic for the public at large.
	www.medicalglossary.net /FAS.htm (731 words)

	Revealed - The Secret World Of Doctors' Slang
		These and other terms are part of a secret language, indecipherable to outsiders, that doctors use with each other to convey a truth that is otherwise unsayable, especially to the patient.
		The slang can be cruel, insulting and highly inventive, says Adam Fox, a specialist registrar at the Child Allergy Unit at St. Mary's Hospital in London, who has put together a dictionary of the terms.
		Fox says he has a list of more than 200 terms used by medical practitioners in Britain but his collection shows that doctors around the world make up their own versions.
	www.rense.com /general40/slang.htm (957 words)

	"pimp" definition from Double-Tongued Dictionary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Instead of heading to a library or surfing the net, a clinical professor such as a surgical attending would pick the brain of a third-year medical student who was fresh from the basic science classes.
		This is analagous to the pimp who makes a living by the prostitution labors of the men and women in his or her stable on the street.
		Pimping is a term with a specific meaning in medical education, a meaning that has no demonstrable origin—and no clear counterpart in common usage.
	www.doubletongued.org /index.php/dictionary/pimp (579 words)

	AllRefer Health - Medical News > PFO? Docs slang for pissed, fell over (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		One of the authors, Adam Fox said: "Medical slang has a growing vocabulary, yet its use in Britain remains mostly undocumented and overlooked by mainstream medical literature.
		According to the report, increasing litigation, and the fact that more patients now demand to see their medical notes, mean that medical slang is now rarely written down for fear it could provoke a legal action.
		The information provided herein should not be used during any medical emergency or for the diagnosis or treatment of any medical condition.
	health.allrefer.com /news/index.php?ID=4254 (451 words)

	NRM: Is medical slang GPO?
		Doctor slang is CTD ("circling the drain"), it's almost LOBNH ("lights out but nobody home") and may even be close to GPO ("good for parts only").
		He says that fewer doctors attach the coded zingers to charts for fear of trouble should the records end up in court.
		The acronyms join the thousands of more legitimate ones that are used constantly in medical papers.
	www.nationalreviewofmedicine.com /issue/2004_01_30/article19.html (262 words)

	medical spell checker MediSpell - The most affordable medical dictionary spell checker software available
		We are a reseller of medical spell checkers, medical dictionary, medical terms, medical terminology, medical spell check, medical spelling, medical speller, and spell checking software.
		If you are looking for a medical dictionary, medical terms or medical terminology, medical speller, and spell checker software, we are the source that you are looking for.
		Includes medical procedures, diseases, surgical terms, genetic research, and medical slang.
	www.medicalspellchecker.com /home.htm (305 words)

	Medical Transcription / Medical Coding (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Medical transcription is like nothing else you’ll ever experience.
		They expect the medical transcriptionist to do the formatting, the spelling, and to convert that dictated material from the doctor’s shorthand medical slang to formal medical language.
		The job of the medical transcriptionist is to figure out what is supposed to be part of the report and what is not.
	www.andrewsschool.com /transcription/do.html (427 words)

	Unnecessary surgery exposed! Why 60% of all surgeries are medically unjustified and how surgeons exploit patients to ...
		Despite what appears to be an attempt by the medical profession to keep that kind of information from the public, a few reports have surfaced which show clearly that the problem with unnecessary surgeries is not a thing of the past.
		According to "Medicine on Trial," a People's Medical Society book: "When greed controls the impulse to operate when an operation is not called for, as is often the case in unnecessary surgery, such an operation is certainly a grossly unethical and immoral act, but not a medical mistake per se." The ultimate solution is prevention.
		Gould says patients who could be comfortable without medical treatment until their inevitable death are made miserable with medical treatment in a pointless attempt to postpone death for a few unhappy weeks.
	www.newstarget.com /012291.html (9538 words)

	medical Flashcards
		Prefixes and Suffixes in Anatomical and Medical Terminology
		Medical Terminology Chapter 4 Pg 145 - 148
		& 4: chapter lippincott medical musculoskeletal system terminology wilkins williams
	www.flashcardexchange.com /tag/medical?page=1 (61 words)

	MedBioWorld: Professional medical dictionaries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Stedman's Medical Dictionary battles with Dorland's for the position of No.1 professional medical dictionary.
		The publishers have also released Stedman's Electronic Medical Dictionary v.5.0, which might be better for the technophiles among you, and a half-a-million words Spellchecker.
		Tabers Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary is targeted at health professionals in general, rather than just physicians.
	www.sciencekomm.at /books/dicts/dictmed.html (233 words)

	Medical Terminology
		If you are not a walking medical dictionary, reference, or resource, you may find that medical terms, medical terminology, and medical information is difficult to understand.
		In order to analyze medical words, you need to understand the three main elements that are used to form words.
		There are many terms to each of these elements and it would be impossible to expect you to learn them all, but you will become familiar with some of the most common ones with exercises to help you learn.
	www.lcc.edu /tutorial/study_tips/medical_terminology.htm (323 words)

	usage_labels
		The stylistic label slang is used with words or senses that are especially appropriate in contexts of extreme informality, that usually have a currency not limited to a particular region or area of interest, and that are composed typically of shortened forms or extravagant or facetious figures of speech.
		Words with the label slang are entered if they have been or in the opinion of the editors are likely to be encountered in communicating with patients especially in emergencies.
		A few words from the huge informal argot of medicine are entered with the label medical slang because they have appeared in general context or have been the subject of discussion in medical journals:
	www.csmc.edu /mwmedical/usage.htm (636 words)

	Spellex Medical Spellchecker (UK version) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Correctly spells tens of thousands of medical words covering over 50 medical specialities, from Anaesthesiology to Virology, and more.
		Medical specialities include anatomy, anaesthesiology, bacteriology, biology, cardiology, dentistry, haematology, immunology, internal medicine, neurology, nursing, oncology, ophthalmology, pathology, psychiatry, radiology, toxicology, urology, veterinary medicine, and many more!
		Includes medical procedures, diseases, surgical terms, genetic research, medical slang, thousands of drug names, brief word forms, and medical devices, as well as AIDS diseases and treatments.
	www.osl.u-net.com /m517.htm (243 words)

	Medical Transcription Training
		Much of the dictation included in medical transcription courses is 10, even 20 years old.
		This manual covers brief forms, short forms, medical slang usage, style, format, spelling, punctuation, grammar, number usage, law and ethics, and much more.
		This book / course choice is for nurses that feel they have enough medical terminology knowledge to move forward into the other areas of our Medical Transcription Course and only need a short review of the terminology section.
	www.mtstat.com /training.html (1021 words)

	medical dictionary spell check software UK edition for spelling british medical transcription secretary words
		Spellex Medical is your most authoritative and definitive source for fast and accurate spelling of medical terms.
		Medical specialties include anatomy, anaesthesiology, bacteriology, biology, cardiology, dentistry, haematology, immunology, internal medicine, neurology, nursing, oncology, ophthalmology, pathology, psychiatry, radiology, toxicology, urology, and many more!
		Features the correct UK spelling of thousands of medical terms that differ in spelling from American English spell checkers.
	www.spellex.co.uk /Products/med.htm (392 words)

	Advanced Medical Terminology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		A comprehensive medical dictionary, such as: Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary or Stedman’s Medical Dictionary Medical Language Instant Translator by Davi-Ellen Chabner.
		Build medical words using prefixes, suffixes, and root words for each body system.
		Describe the difference between brief forms and medical slang and give examples for each body system.
	www.mtwerks.com /elc/AMedTerminology.htm (224 words)

	Commentary 08/22/2003 Doctor Slang (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Used to be, a doctor could scribble the initials GPO, or GLM, on your medical record, and you wouldn't know what that meant, but other doctors and nurses would.
		In doctor slang, LOBNH is code for Lights On But Nobody Home.
		If lawsuits erase medical slang and acronyms, it'll be a PITA.
	www.bradmesser.com /commentary/2003_0822_slang.html (151 words)

	slang Flashcards
		form forms jargon medical out shortened slang written
		and carried effin slang the they things vocab
		aa casual colloquial contemporary expression flashcards informal japanese japenese jp slang
	www.flashcardexchange.com /tag/slang (27 words)

	Doctors' Slang, Medical Slang and Medical Acronyms, Veterinary Slang, Veterinary Acronyms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		It is noticeable that the US has numerous acronyms and slang terms relating to gun-related incidents and injuries.
		Barking is slang for "mad" and also the name of a station; it is 4 stops from West Ham, but the psych slang follows the formula "2 sandwiches short of a picnic", "Tuppence short of a shilling" (simple-minded/nuts) - the deficit is alway 2 items.
		Nowadays, such slang is considered unethical and its use is decreasing in hospitals and surgeries because of the dangers of being sued by patients.
	www.shartwell.freeserve.co.uk /humor-site/medical-acronyms.htm (6562 words)

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