noun General Slang

GLM

· noun · medical

Good Looking Mum — the discreet chart note for an attractive mother on the paeds ward.

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Old paediatric/A&E acronym used by junior doctors as a private flag in the notes. Pairs with GLF (Good Looking Family). The kind of thing modern record-keeping and patient access laws have largely stamped out — but it lived in British hospital folklore for decades.

“Reg scribbled GLM in the corner of the chart — predictable.”
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GLM In A Sentence

Reg scribbled GLM in the corner of the chart — predictable.

Origin & Usage

British medical slang, catalogued in BMJ surveys of hospital jargon in the early 2000s.

Variants G.L.M.

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