Definition

Medical slang for the "order everything and let God sort it out" approach to diagnosis. When you're stumped by a patient's symptoms, you unleash the cheech—a carpet-bombing of every conceivable lab test and imaging study until something lights up. Think of it as the diagnostic equivalent of throwing spaghetti at the wall, except each strand costs $500.

Example Usage

The attending took one look at my confusing patient and said, 'Just drop the rheum cheech and we'll figure it out from there.'

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