Medical language can sometimes stump patients. And some common sayings are straight-up head-scratchers. Calling a patient’s neurological exam “grossly intact,” for example, might not sound so great, ...

Dictionary.com recently unveiled its Summer Word Drop of new words that have been added to the online dictionary. And the new entries included three medical terms, five climate change and warm weather ...

The words some doctors use are often misunderstood by patients and their families, leaving them feeling confused and vulnerable, according to researchers. In a study published Wednesday in the journal ...