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no-code

[ noh-kohd ]

noun

  1. Medicine/Medical. a directive not to alert a hospital team to perform emergency resuscitation on a particular patient. Compare code ( def 10 ).
  2. Medicine/Medical Slang. a patient to whom a no-code applies.


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