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medical Greek en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (UK, historical, uncountable) The English slang once used by medical students in London hospitals, involving deliberate spoonerisms.
    • Their form is like the "Medical Greek" of London medical students, who "poke a smipe" instead of smoking a pipe, and take a "stint of pout" for a pint of stout. 1898, The Pedagogical Seminary, volume 5, page 375: