sniff
n.— «The final diagnosis ended up being “idiopathic bilateral lower extremity paresis”—a fancy way of saying both of his legs were weak, and we didn’t know why. We sent him to a nursing home where he could get some physical therapy—a “sniff,” or skilled nursing facility (SNF) in doctor parlance-and pretty much washed our hands of the whole thing.» —“Tell me a story” by Alex Fanaroff in Duke University The Chronicle (Durham, North Carolina) Feb. 26, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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