Doctorese

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The jargon used by medical doctors. informal, uncountable

    "Yes, there it was—a record of the emergency room treatment he'd received. It took her a moment to translate the doctorese, but it sounded as if the impact of the steering wheel had bruised his heart, causing fluid to build up."

Synonyms

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doctorspeakmedicalese

Example

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"Yes, there it was—a record of the emergency room treatment he'd received. It took her a moment to translate the doctorese, but it sounded as if the impact of the steering wheel had bruised his heart, causing fluid to build up."

Etymology

From doctor + -ese.

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