[ccmay]

That “jargon” is extremely descriptive and dumbing it down may not be the wisest way to deal with it.

I agree. Imagine how many words it takes to translate "strangulated ileo-cecal intussusception secondary to Meckel diverticulum" into plain English. I would think it can't be done properly in less than 60 or 80, but to a medical professional, the entity is completely and clearly described in 8 words that take less than 5 seconds to say.

[21twelve]

“strangulated ileo-cecal intussusception secondary to Meckel diverticulum”

That reminds me, I need to buy more toilet paper. (And you owe me a new google.)

But - in just looking at one search result at least I was able to figure out which general part of my body it refers to. He’s not asking doctors to dumb things down among themselves - but just in explaining things to the public.

I had a professor that made us write several of our physics papers three times. One that we would give to him and in language he could understand. One that was written to one of the other non-physics professors. And the third as if it were written to the farmer wondering what we doing working along the road.