Admittedly that’s what I thought the article was trying to imply. Which is why jargon, or field specific terms should not be used liberally outside of their field of origin. This is especially true for medicine which has its own massive vocabulary and can be a complex and confusing field for laypeople. Why muddy the waters further?
Wildpeanut t1_iu215dj wrote
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Admittedly that’s what I thought the article was trying to imply. Which is why jargon, or field specific terms should not be used liberally outside of their field of origin. This is especially true for medicine which has its own massive vocabulary and can be a complex and confusing field for laypeople. Why muddy the waters further?