doctorese

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Definition of doctorese

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noun

(informal, uncountable)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.”

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From doctor + -ese.

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