Medical Words: hospital words in plain language

What an MRI is, why doctors use saline, what to expect — with tap-to-speak questions to ask the team.

1 min readUpdated For: patient, family

Medical Words is a plain-language dictionary. Every entry says what the thing is, why doctors use it and what to expect, and offers questions she can tap to ask out loud — Why do I need saline? It explains words, never her own case; every card points back to her care team.

Search lands here too: a term found in the top search opens its card.

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Medical Words: hospital words explained in plain language, with questions to ask.
Medical Words: hospital words explained in plain language, with questions to ask.
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