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"vena furlough"? slang for "no more venipuncture"!? nm

Posted By: flybye on 2009-05-22
In Reply to: word help - Missy

Subject: "vena furlough"? slang for "no more venipuncture"!? nm




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Subject: "no atelectasis"

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Subject: "no atelectasis"

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Subject: Thanks. I still don't see a match for what he is saying. Maybe s/l "no kay kay test" will ring a bell?


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Subject: How about "no history of diabetes", etc. nm


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Subject: how about "No abdominal hernias." .nm

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Subject: Yes! It is "no field cuts" Thanks aln!


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Subject: can you hear "no bandemia?" nm

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Subject: "No change" from? "previous" ????

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Subject: Or "no evidence of JVD," perhaps, but we have no context to go on. nm

nm
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Subject: not sure if this makes sense, but I want to say "no

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Subject: no, don't think its slang

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Subject: dip? (slang?) SM

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as far as I now, it is slang for
Subject: as far as I now, it is slang for

regurgitation, but you may be under verbatim rules, in which case it would regurge. I think it is slang, but that's just me.
slang
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TIA