Doctorspeak

Origin

doctor + -speak

Full definition of doctorspeak

Noun

1. The jargon used by doctors.
• 2007, August 21, Jan Hoffman, Soldiering On, Home to Home, in a Squeezed Health System, 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.