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- noun The
jargon used by themedical community.
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"medspeak", and more. on the Web is produced by the University of Iowa Hardin Library for the Health Sciences.
LLRX.com - Legal and Technology Articles and Resources for Librarians, Lawyers and Law Firms 2008
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An operation that would require “revisions,” euphemistic medspeak for many, many more operations as you grew.
Knowing Jesse Marianne Leone 2010
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An operation that would require “revisions,” euphemistic medspeak for many, many more operations as you grew.
Knowing Jesse Marianne Leone 2010
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Her primary care physician raised questions about chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia but was leaning toward a “functional diagnosis”—medspeak for hypochondria.
After the Diagnosis MD Julian Seifter 2010
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If so, you have probably encountered “medspeak,” the specialized language of health professionals.
Deciphering Medspeak from the Medical Library Association « ResourceShelf 2006
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The Medical Library Association developed “Deciphering Medspeak” to help translate common “medspeak” terms:
Deciphering Medspeak from the Medical Library Association « ResourceShelf 2006
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Sex addiction is medspeak for selfishness and self-centered creepy disgusting behaviours and compulsive lying.
THE MEDICAL NEWS Anne 2010
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