noun
General Slang
organ recital
OR-gun rih-SY-tal · noun · slang
A patient's exhaustive list of every symptom in every organ
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Slang for the lengthy, wandering litany of complaints spanning multiple body systems, typical of an anxious or hypochondriacal patient.
“The history took forever — full organ recital from head to toe.”
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organ recital In A Sentence
The history took forever — full organ recital from head to toe.
Origin & Usage
Pun on a musical 'organ recital.'
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What is an organ recital?
Slang for a patient's long, wandering list of complaints spanning every body system, typical of an anxious or hypochondriacal history.
Why is it called that?
It's a pun on a musical 'organ recital' — except the patient recites problems in every organ instead of playing one.
Is it rude?
It's gentle staff humour about a drawn-out history rather than a slur, but not something you'd say to the patient.
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