DNA, nongenetic
Through the marvelous medium of the Internet, we have discovered that DNA need not refer to deoxyribonucleic acid.
Specifically, in an e-mail entitled ' A day in the life of a specialist registrar' from Glascow, Scotland we read that in gynecology outpatient clinic, the specialist registrar (resident in the U.S.) at '12:10 Sorted out the DNA's (did not attends).' We in the U.
S.
Might say the 'no-show' when a patient does not present for his/her appointment