General
teeth
What does teeth mean?
Mock acronym written into notes as a plan when a patient has been worked up to death, treated with everything, and nothing has shifted. Stands for 'Tried Everything Else, Try Homeopathy' — a swipe at both the impossible case and at homeopathy as a last-resort placebo. Pure dark-humour catharsis; never actually meant as a treatment plan.
"Six admissions this year, no diagnosis — plan: TEETH."
Origin
British medical slang, popularised through BMJ medical-slang lists in the 2000s.
Frequently asked questions
What does TEETH stand for?
It stands for 'Tried Everything Else, Try Homeopathy' — a sarcastic 'plan' for a hopeless case.
How do you use TEETH in a sentence?
"Nothing worked on this one, so the notes just read TEETH."
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