doctorspeak

English

Etymology

doctor +‎ -speak

Noun

doctorspeak (uncountable)

1. The jargon used by doctors; medical language.
   • 2007 August 21, Jan Hoffman, “Soldiering On, Home to Home, in a Squeezed Health System”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The patient, who lumbers painfully, has a question: She desperately wants a knee replacement, but doesn’t understand why three doctors have rejected her. Ms. Purdie translates doctorspeak.

Synonyms

• doctorese, medicalese