6 Shocking Acronyms Your Doctor Doesn't Want You to Know

Reader s Digest Magazine

Medical speak is filled with tricky shorthand that can be confusing, condescending, and even life threatening. Here's some of slang that doctors might use.

P.M.S.: Poor Miserable Soul

G.O.M.E.R.: Get Out of My Emergency Room

D&D: Divorced and Desperate (middle-age female who visits doctor weekly for male attention)

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H.O.N.D.A.: Hypertensive Obese Non-compliant Diabetic Adult

L.O.L.I.N.A.D.: Little Old Lady in No Apparent Distress

F.L.K.: Funny-Looking Kid

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