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M & Ms
· noun · medical
Mortality and Morbidity conference — the meeting where the team dissects what went wrong.
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Standard hospital shorthand for the Mortality and Morbidity conference — the regular meeting where a department reviews deaths, complications and near-misses. Officially educational, often brutal. The candy-bar nickname softens what is, for the doctor presenting, one of the worst hours of the month.
“I'm presenting that bowel perf at M and Ms on Thursday — wish me luck.”
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M & Ms In A Sentence
I'm presenting that bowel perf at M and Ms on Thursday — wish me luck.
Origin & Usage
American surgical tradition formalised by Ernest Codman in the early 20th century; the nickname is universal across English-speaking hospitals.
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