| Acronym | Meaning |
| SVRI | Something Very Wrong Inside (usually Terminal) |
| CRT | Can't Really Treat |
| CFU | Complete(ly) F*ck(ed) Up |
| UGLI | Ugly: A Patient (usually A Child) Who Looks A Bit Odd But Has Nothing Wrong With Them |
| MFC | Measure For Coffin |
| HLCS | Happy Little Campers - Children In Oxygen Tents |
| VTMK | Voice To Melt Knickers (the Voice Deliberately Cultivated By Some Doctors) |
| 4H | (US) Haemophiliac, Hispanic, Homosexual, Heroin Addict |
| PBAB | Pine Box At Bedside |
| FDSTW | Found Dead Stayed That Way |