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General Slang
Pumpkin positive
· phrase · medical
Shine a penlight in the mouth and the whole head would glow — patient with very little upstairs.
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The mental image is the joke. Stick a penlight in the patient's mouth and the skull would light up like a jack-o'-lantern because there's so little brain to absorb the light. Doctors use it under their breath about a patient who's not the sharpest — the kind who can't follow simple instructions. Cruel, but it's been kicking around medical break rooms for decades.
“Tried explaining the discharge plan three times — full pumpkin positive.”
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Pumpkin positive In A Sentence
Tried explaining the discharge plan three times — full pumpkin positive.
Origin & Usage
Anglo-American medical slang. The 'positive' apes a real clinical sign.
Variants
pumpkin-positive
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