We aim to use clear medical words. When we have to use medical terminology we explain what they mean. We can also use online dictionaries to explain difficult terms.
| Instead of | Consider |
|---|---|
| Instead of Acute | Consider Sudden and severe |
| Instead of Administer | Consider Give |
| Instead of Antenatal | Consider Before birth |
| Instead of Audiology | Consider Hearing |
| Instead of Benign | Consider Harmless |
| Instead of Biopsy | Consider Studying tissue to check for disease |
| Instead of Cardiology | Consider Studying and treating the heart |
| Instead of Catheter | Consider Tube |
| Instead of Central nervous system | Consider Brain and spinal cord |
| Instead of Chemotherapy | Consider Treating cancer with drugs |
| Instead of Chronic | Consider Long-lasting, slow to change |
| Instead of Coagulate | Consider Clot |
| Instead of Congenital | Consider From birth |
| Instead of Contagious | Consider Spreading easily |
| Instead of Contraindication | Consider Reason not to take |
| Instead of Contusion | Consider Bruise |
| Instead of Diagnosis | Consider Identifying a health condition |
| Instead of Dosage | Consider How to take |
| Instead of Elective | Consider Planned (not an emergency) |
| Instead of Epidermis | Consider Skin |
| Instead of Excise | Consider Cut out |
| Instead of Gastroenteritis | Consider Stomach illness |
| Instead of Haemophilia | Consider Severe bleeding |
| Instead of Hypertension | Consider High blood pressure |
| Instead of Immunise | Consider Protect |
| Instead of Incision | Consider Cut |
| Instead of Inhalation | Consider Breathing in |
| Instead of Intravenous | Consider Through a vein |
| Instead of Lateral | Consider At (on) the side |
| Instead of Malignant | Consider Harmful, cancerous |
| Instead of Mammogram | Consider Breast X-ray |
| Instead of Medication | Consider Tablets, injection (specify) |
| Instead of Monitor | Consider Keep track of |
| Instead of Myopia | Consider Short-sightedness |
| Instead of Negative (test results) | Consider You do not have, you are not |
| Instead of Normal range | Consider As it should be |
| Instead of Ophthalmic | Consider Eye |
| Instead of Physician | Consider Doctor |
| Instead of Positive (test results) | Consider You have, you are |
| Instead of Prognosis | Consider Likely outcome, chance of recovery |
| Instead of Renal | Consider Kidney |
| Instead of Respiration | Consider Breathing |
| Instead of Rheumatology | Consider Muscles and joints |
| Instead of Trachea | Consider Wind pipe |
| Instead of Ventricle | Consider Lower chamber of the heart |