noun
General Slang
Gas passer
· noun · medical
Surgical-team nickname for the anaesthetist.
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What surgeons call the anaesthetist when they want to wind them up. Reduces a highly trained specialist to 'the person who turns on the gas.' Anaesthetists answer back by calling surgeons 'butchers' or 'plumbers.' Standard inter-specialty banter.
“Tell the gas passer we're ready to start — patient's prepped.”
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Gas passer In A Sentence
Tell the gas passer we're ready to start — patient's prepped.
Origin & Usage
Operating-theatre slang, common in both UK and US hospitals since the mid-20th century.
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