Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Acom
English answer:
It's the name given to the ward, instead of a number
Added to glossary by
Anna Maria Augustine (X)
Sep 19, 2006 11:39
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Acom
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Medical: Health Care
She was admitted to "Acom" ward for the night.
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| 3 +3 | It's the name given to the ward, instead of a number |
Anna Maria Augustine (X)
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| 4 | anterior communicating artery |
juvera
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| 3 | Joint Forces Command (Formerly ACOM) |
Ramesh Madhavan
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| 2 | acorn |
Fan Gao
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It's the name given to the ward, instead of a number
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Note added at 2 mins (2006-09-19 11:42:32 GMT)
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Probably named after a doctor or someone to do with the hospital.
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Note added at 2 mins (2006-09-19 11:42:32 GMT)
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Probably named after a doctor or someone to do with the hospital.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
R. Alex Jenkins
2 hrs
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| agree |
Fan Gao
: Yes I've been in hospitals with some very strangely named wards:)
13 hrs
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| agree |
Jason Willis-Lee
6 days
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2 hrs
anterior communicating artery
I wouldn't be surprised that the ward's name originates from the commonly used acronym of the above.
...the anterior communicating artery (Acom)
www.cimne.upc.es/iacm/News/Expressions16.pdf
Patients and methods: Thirty-one patients with ACom...
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tandf/cbjn/2000/00000014/000... -
Example: Saccular ACOM aneurysm on angio.
www.neurology.ucla.edu/education/ppts/2003/Headache.J.Hogan...
...the anterior communicating artery (Acom)
www.cimne.upc.es/iacm/News/Expressions16.pdf
Patients and methods: Thirty-one patients with ACom...
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tandf/cbjn/2000/00000014/000... -
Example: Saccular ACOM aneurysm on angio.
www.neurology.ucla.edu/education/ppts/2003/Headache.J.Hogan...
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Joint Forces Command (Formerly ACOM)
Is this a war story?
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Note added at 3 hrs (2006-09-19 14:58:14 GMT)
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Joint Forces Command was also known as Allied Comand (ACOM). If the period is WW II, we are looking at an Allied Command Hospital Ward.
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Note added at 3 hrs (2006-09-19 14:58:14 GMT)
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Joint Forces Command was also known as Allied Comand (ACOM). If the period is WW II, we are looking at an Allied Command Hospital Ward.
Note from asker:
| Please read the question again, the category is "medical" so no war stories! |
13 hrs
acorn
Another reason that made me think of acorn was that I once had a stay in hospital and I was in "Willow" ward. This hospital had its wards named after trees so it probably had an "acorn" ward there too.
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