Meanings
noundoctorspeak (uncountable)
- uncountableThe jargon used by doctors; medical language.
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.
2007 August 21, Jan Hoffman, “Soldiering On, Home to Home, in a Squeezed Health System”, in New York TimesSynonyms: doctorese, medicalese
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe jargon used by doctors; medical language.
Similar
Also see
Origin
Cite this entry
APA
doctorspeak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doctorspeak
MLA
“doctorspeak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doctorspeak. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “doctorspeak,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doctorspeak.
Source: doctorspeak on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.