Definition of a PFO

PFO

noun

acronym for "patient fell over", a notation used by doctors in the UK on medical charts.

Citation from "Doctor slang is a dying art", BBC News, 18 August 2003 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
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Last edited on Aug 27 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 23 2010.
a rejection letter. Acronym for "please fuck off".
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- See more words with the same meaning: to go, leave, exit.
Last edited on Aug 27 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on May 06 2010.

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Other terms relating to 'British, UK slang (list of)':
CNS-QNS	Definitions include: acronym for "Central Nervous System - Quantity Not Sufficient", an insulting notation used by doctors in the UK on medical charts.
gobbling rods	Definitions include: British Military slang for a knife, fork and spoon.
leave off	Definitions include: The same as ditto (British).
out of (one's) tree	Definitions include: extremely drunk.
codswallop	Definitions include: nonsense.
trouser	Definitions include: to steal money from an organization of which one is a member; "embezzle".
git	Definitions include: a fool.
spiv	Definitions include: a petty criminal who deals in stolen goods or counterfeit items.
pash	Definitions include: a crush.
roger	Definitions include: affirmative.
*shte**	Definitions include: a variant of the word shit, commonly used in the UK and Ireland, and playfully used in the United States.
Seppo	Definitions include: a "Yank", i.e. a person from the USA.
toff	Definitions include: a wealthy, upper-class person.
titch	Definitions include: a small amount.
snarky	Definitions include: sarcastic and bitchy.
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Other terms relating to 'acronyms (list of)':
*fck**	Definitions include: to have sex (with).
OG	Definitions include: acronym of "original gangsta" meaning an older gangsta.
FLF	Definitions include: acronym for "foot-long floater", i.e. a floating piece of feces that's a foot long.
AMF	Definitions include: acronym of "adios mother fucker."
LGTM	Definitions include: acronym for "looks good to me".
HA	Definitions include: "Hell's Angels".
OJ	Definitions include: to kill via stabbing.
LPT	Definitions include: acronym for "life protip".
MIA	Definitions include: acronym for "missing in action".
HMFIC	Definitions include: acronym for "head mother fucker in charge."
duff	Definitions include: worthless, poor quality, undesirable
goat, the	Definitions include: something excellent.
BRIC	Definitions include: acronym for "Brazil, Russia, India, and China".
BBW	Definitions include: acronym for "big beautiful woman".
RN	Definitions include: acronym for "right now".
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Other terms relating to 'business (related to)':
core competency	Definitions include: a person's primary skill.
rank-and-yank	Definitions include: a corporate performance review system in which employees are ranked in their performance, and the bottom-performing employees are terminated.
*fck the dog**	Definitions include: to do nothing of value.
onboard	Definitions include: to hire a new employee or bring someone onto a team.
biznass	Definitions include: "business".
vertical	Definitions include: to upper management.
game, the	Definitions include: the pursuit of money.
rat race	Definitions include: the busy, hectic modern urban lifestyle.
dog and pony show	Definitions include: a sales pitch.
rinky-dink	Definitions include: easy or unchallenging.
go down	Definitions include: as a greeting, a rhetorical question asking about what's happening.
powwow	Definitions include: a meeting.
cat	Definitions include: a female.
Targhetto	Definitions include: the "Target" retailer.
walk	Definitions include: to go free from a criminal charge.
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Other terms relating to 'medicine (related to)':
FLK	Definitions include: acronym for "funny looking kid", an insult used by doctors in the UK on medical charts.
baby blockers	Definitions include: birth control medication.
Texas tea	Definitions include: oil.
nut hut	Definitions include: a psychiatric hospital.
lopitoffomy	Definitions include: less common spelling of lopitoffamy.
dig for worms	Definitions include: to perform varicose vein surgery.
blue waffle	Definitions include: an infected vulva (vagina).
GROLIES	Definitions include: acronym for "Guardian Reader Of Low Intelligence in Ethnic Skirt", an insult used by doctors in the UK on medical charts.
chemo	Definitions include: "chemotherapy".
benny	Definitions include: "benefit".
lip chap	Definitions include: lip balm.
wahmbulance	Definitions include: a mythical medical support vehicle for people who whine.
happy pill	Definitions include: an antidepressant pill.
no-go pill	Definitions include: a sleeping pill.
go pill	Definitions include: a pill of amphetamine.
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Other terms relating to 'to go, leave, exit':
boot	Definitions include: to vomit
flex	Definitions include: To go, to leave, to depart.
hoof it	Definitions include: to walk.
burn rubber	Definitions include: to accelerate quickly in an automobile, such that the tires don't get traction with the ground and spin freely.
unass	Definitions include: to leave.
clear off	Definitions include: to leave.
buzz	Definitions include: to call on a telephone.
cruise	Definitions include: to leave.
bounce out	Definitions include: to leave.
mosey	Definitions include: to move on.
scape	Definitions include: To leave.
beat feet	Definitions include: to hurry, hustle, esp. when departing.
skate	Definitions include: to leave.
pull chocks	Definitions include: to leave.
bolt	Definitions include: to defecate.
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Other terms relating to 'over':
all over	Definitions include: See be all over.
*all over (one's) ss**	Definitions include: pestering a person.
*all over (one's) sses**	Definitions include: pestering multiple people.
A over T	Definitions include: Arse over tip / arse over tit.
arse over tit	Definitions include: fallen in a dramatic fashion; "head over heels".
*ss over tea kettle	Definitions include: fallen in a dramatic fashion; "head over heels".
be all over	Definitions include: to do something with vigor.
bend over	Definitions include: a command (usually given by objects) implying that one is about to be taken advantage of, be in a bad situation, or fail miserably.
bend over and get screwed	Definitions include: a phrase of one is about to be in trouble big-time or something bad is about to happen.
bend over backwards	Definitions include: to be extremely accommodating.
*bend over get fcked**	Definitions include: "Get ready for some serious trouble."
BOHICA	Definitions include: acronym of "bend over here it comes again."
bust over	Definitions include: to give to; hand over.
chug on over	Definitions include: to go.
chug over	Definitions include: to go.
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Other terms relating to 'patient':
PGT	Definitions include: acronym for "patient got thumped", a notation used by doctors in the UK on medical charts.