medical terminology

[mrisha]

For the most part Doctors et al only use medical terminology.  Why they don't use descriptions so a layman can understand is the riddle.

[linderlizzie]

Well, I'm a linguist and an etymologist, so I would know medical terminology well.

I adore all words. I love linguistics. It is a fascinating course.

I used to be a medical transcriptionist. I loved that.

I like foreign words. I can speak some Spanish and very little of French, but it's all just magical to me. 

[griserelizabeth]

My sister in law is a nurse and I never understand what she is saying whenever she uses medical terminology.  Although it is somewhat fun for me to search what the terms mean whenever I come home from the doctor's office!

[PGS28]

I took medical terminology my first or second semester of college, I still have the certificate.  I took this course when I was training to be a nurse (to please my dad) and it was fun and easy. 

[JaniceSW]

I enjoyed learning medical terminology.  Many fields of learning have their own language.  If you are having problems understanding, just ask them to not use medical language but to put it in plain, simple, common language terms.  Most will do this without a problem!  Some are just so used to using those terms that they will cross-over occasionally.  Stop them and ask what the particular term means.

[dancer139]

I don't understand any of it.     have to look up things all the time.   And still don't understand things.  LOL  can't they just use English and easy words  LOL

[vickysue]

I am so thankful i have doctors who will be right up  front and tell me what is what without using of the medical  terminology.  and will also write something down for me to watch on my billing. Thank God i am not real sick, like with cancer. Just  a  hyperthyroidism /graves, and it is caused by pituitary gland. Which i call gizmo.  Gizmo goes along acting real good for a while and and then  bam it goes crazy and then the meds have to  changed some. I  will be so glad it  it gts towhere it says the same.