Dallas Buyers Club Glossary

Dallas Buyers Club Glossary

Spic

Derogatory term for a Spanish speaker.

Intravenous

Pertaining to the injection of a drug or anesthetic into a vein.

Queers

Slang for homosexual people (in context of the movie).

Shelved

Discard, Discontinued, Dropped.

Efficacy

Effectiveness, or ability to give desired effects/results.

Placebo

Medicine that is meant to help patients mentally and that does not have any true healing effects.

Susceptible

Capable of, likely to.

Regimen

Pattern of a routine for medical treatment.

Chinks

Derogatory slang for people of Chinese or even broadly Asian descendant.

Turquoise

Sky blue, greenish blue.

Croak

Slang for death.

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