domino organ transplant n.— «Clinton House and John Couch—medical history’s first “domino” organ transplant patients—met Thursday for the first time at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.…House…received a heart...
mets n.— «There is no stage V. It was the worst of all news—”as bad as it can get,” confirmed the nurse at the Middlesex Hospital who rang to inform me that the CT scan had revealed mets (metastases, or spread) in my liver...
primip n.— «Primip. First born.» —“Hospital Workers’ Slang and Jargon” by Hospital Workers in New York City. Also, Virginia and Arkansas. in New York City Lexicon of Trade Jargon , 1938-39. (source: Double...
schizzy n.— «Schizzy. A lunatic.» —“Hospital Workers’ Slang and Jargon” by Hospital Workers in New York City. Also, Virginia and Arkansas. in New York City Lexicon of Trade Jargon , 1938-39. (source: Double...
multip n.— «Multip. Second born.» —“Hospital Workers’ Slang and Jargon” by Hospital Workers in New York City. Also, Virginia and Arkansas. in New York City Lexicon of Trade Jargon , 1938-39. (source: Double...
D.O.A. adj.— «D.O.A. Dead on arrival.» —“Hospital Workers’ Slang and Jargon” by Hospital Workers in New York City. Also, Virginia and Arkansas. in New York City Lexicon of Trade Jargon , 1938-39. (source:...