Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

medicalese

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: med-i-calese
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The jargon used by medical professionals.

Informal; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Masters and Johnson wanted their work to be taken seriously, and wanted to stay a step ahead of the morality police, so they tended to write in almost comically dense medicalese."

Etymology

From medical + -ese.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: medical

Usage

Synonyms

doctorese doctorspeak

Questions

What does medicalese mean?: The jargon used by medical professionals.
Where does medicalese come from?: From medical + -ese.

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