What does doctorese mean?
Doctorese means (informal) The jargon used by medical doctors..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(informal) The jargon used by medical doctors..
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.
Use doctorese when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Doctorese means (informal) The jargon used by medical doctors..
Common synonyms include doctorspeak, medicalese.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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