| Acronym | Meaning |
 | CIA | Chrome Induced Ischaemia - Patient That Develops Inexplicable Chest Pains When Arrested And Handcuffed |
| NETMA | Nobody Ever Tells Me Anything (generally A Doctor's Gripe On A Patient's Chart) |
| SHAD | Syphilitic, Hypochondriac, Alcoholic Degenerate |
| BTH | Bury The Hatchet - Accidently Leave A Surgical Instrument Inside A Patient. |
| ERCP | Emergency Retrograde Clerking Of Patient, An Emergency Procedure Before The Consultant Rounds |
| VTMK | Voice To Melt Knickers (the Voice Deliberately Cultivated By Some Doctors) |
| JDLR | Just Doesn't Look Right (something Is Wrong, But No Diagnosis Has Been Made Yet) |
| OAP | Over-Anxious Patient |
| FABIANS | Felt Awful But I'm Alright Now Syndrome |
| CTS | Cold-tea Sign / Cold Tea Syndrome - Refers To The Several Cups Of Cold Tea On The Bedside Cabinet Beside A Dead Geriatric (i.e. No-one Noticed The Patient Had Died) |
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