As you wait patiently for the doctor to tell you and your loved ones about your illness hoping against hope that everything is alright the doctor speaks but you don’t understand a single word! Packed with medical mumbo-jumbo doctors usually speak a language that nobody but their own peers can understand. A patient is usually left absolutely blank after a consultation and walks out with the blind belief that the doctor knows what he is talking about. We at Health.india.com are going to attempt to explain one term at a time so that your next visit to the doctor is much smoother. Last week we explained what the term ‘convalescence’ ‘prognosis’ and ‘benign’ means this