Medical Slang Acronyms

Alphabetical Listing of Medical Slang Acronyms

• UNIVAC — Unusually Nasty Infection, Vultures Are Circling
• UPF — Un-Passed Fart (gaseous Distended Abdomen)
• VAC — Vultures Are Circling (dying)
• VBA — Valuable Breathing Air; I.e. What Some Patients Or Doctors Are Wasting
• VBT — Very Bad Thing
• VD — “Veak And Dizzy; Older Person Feeling Vaguely Unwell And Presents At ER At 2am Complaining of Feeling “”weak And Dizzy”””
• VIP — Very Intoxicated Person
• VOMIT — Victim of Modern Imaging Technology (i.e. Try Treating The Patient, Not The Report From Radiology; Particularly Referring To Invasive Procedures For False Positives.
• VTMK — Voice To Melt Knickers (the Voice Deliberately Cultivated By Some Doctors)
• WADHAO — Weak And Dizzy And Hurt All Over
• WAFTAM — “(“”woff-tam””): Waste of F***ing Time And Money”
• WFFAD — Will Follow From A Distance – Will Check Your Lab Results, But Will Never Set Foot In Your Room Again
• WITPOMS — Why Is This Patient On My Service
• WNL — (Ambulance/casualty) Within Normal Limits, But More Often Interpreted As We Never Looked
• WNL — Will Not Listen; Patient Won’t Take Medical Advice
• WOMBAT — Waste of Money, Brains And Time
• WWI — Walking While Intoxicated (and Fell Over)
• YAVIS — Young, Attractive, Verbal, Intelligent, Successful.
• YMRASU — Your Medical Records Are Screwed Up
• YOYO — Youre On Your Own