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Medical Slang

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  • Lab

    • Laboratory/laboratory data; an acceptable short form

  • Laboring

    • In OB/GYN usage, labor should be a noun; the patient is in labor, not laboring (although many women would disagree). If dictated as "The patient was laboring satisfactorily" this should be recast to read "The patient was having satisfactory labor."

  • Landmark walking

    • Practice of the ataxic, infirm, seasick, drunk, and others of unconfident stability and gait, of walking from one object to another to steady oneself or rest before moving on to the next

  • LWBS

    • "Left without being seen"---abbreviation placed upon charts to account for patients who no longer can be accounted for

  • Lytes

    • Electrolytes; spell it out

  • Lytes

    • Electrolytes

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