Healthcare Communication Vocabulary

adjective a term used to describe someone who is easily irritated or grumpy

• The professor was feeling cranky after grading papers all night.
• My mom gets really cranky when she's hungry.
• I don't know why he's so cranky today, must have woken up on the wrong side of the bed.
• The old car was cranky and took a while to start in the cold weather.

noun a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea

verb a word that expresses an action or a state of being

adverb a word that modifies or describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence

• Please feel free to get in touch with our customer service team for further assistance.
• Hey, if you have any questions, just get in touch with me and I'll help you out.
• Yo, hit me up if you need anything, we can chat and figure it out together.
• In order to understand the deeper meaning of the poem, you need to get in touch with the emotions behind the words.

noun the act or process of making something simpler or easier to understand

adjective serving to make something simpler or easier to understand

• The simplification of the tax code is a top priority for the government.
• They're working on simplifying the tax code to make it easier to understand.
• They're trying to dumb down the tax code to make it less confusing.
• The simplification of the process will streamline our operations and make things run more smoothly.

noun the quality or condition of being transparent; openness and honesty in behavior or actions

• The company prides itself on its commitment to transparency in all business dealings.
• I appreciate the transparency in how they handle their finances.
• I like how they keep it real with their transparency.
• The clear lake symbolized the transparency of her intentions.

noun a remark or action that is unpleasant or offensive

adjective unpleasant or offensive in nature

• The meeting was going smoothly until John brought up an unpleasantry from the previous quarter.
• I don't want to talk about that unpleasantry with her, it's just too awkward.
• I can't believe he started that unpleasantry with her, what a jerk.
• The unpleasantry between them was like a dark cloud hanging over the room.