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Dump
"Success! We've dumped onto Medicine!"
From a medical standpoint, to
dump
can mean one of two things:
To dispose of a patient in a careless or hurried away, usually onto the
Medicine service
[1]
[2]
[3]
; or
To dispose of a significant other in a careless or hurried away, like when OB dumped GYN
[4]
Related Terms
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Primary
References
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Friday “Dump Job” Ends Back on Hospitalist
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The Difference Between a Medicine Service and a Garbage Dump
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Infographic: Who Should Really Be Primary?
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Say It Isn’t So: OB Dumps GYN, Now Dating ENT