Medical jargon translator
Every term explained, nothing changed
Paste a discharge letter, a lab report or a patient leaflet. The medical jargon translator keeps every word as written and adds a short plain explanation after each term, so you can still use the exact words with your doctor.
6 free pages a month. No card.
Made for
- Discharge and referral letters
- Lab and imaging reports
- Patient leaflets and consent forms
Before and after
Example: 16 → 54 words · 4 terms explained · every fact kept
Original
Echocardiogram showed mild mitral regurgitation with preserved ejection fraction. Continue ACE inhibitor; review in 6 months.
Result
Echocardiogram (an ultrasound scan of the heart) showed mild mitral regurgitation (some blood leaking back through one of the heart’s valves) with preserved ejection fraction (the heart pumps out a normal share of its blood with each beat).
Continue ACE inhibitor (a type of medicine that relaxes the blood vessels); review in 6 months.
- Explained: Echocardiogram
- Explained: mitral regurgitation
- Explained: ejection fraction
- Explained: ACE inhibitor
How Explain works
Step 01
The reader is set
Pick who reads it; what counts as jargon depends on them.
Step 02
Passages with jargon are found
Passages every reader can follow are left alone.
Step 03
Explanations are added
Once per term, the first time it appears in the document, in the text's own language.
Step 04
Nothing else may change
The text is compared character by character; each explanation may only say what the term means, never add a claim.
Options
- Reader
- Pick an audience or describe your own; the level sets how much counts as jargon.
From code, terminal or agent
# REST API
curl https://readable.md/api/v1/transform \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $READABLE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{ "tool": "explain", "text": "…", "audience": "patients" }'
# Command line
readable explain letter.pdf --audience patients
# MCP tool: explainQuestions
- Is this medical advice?
- No. It explains what the words mean in general. It does not interpret your results or tell you what to do; ask your doctor.
- Why not rewrite the letter in plain words?
- Because the exact terms matter when you talk to your doctor, look something up or read the next letter. Explain keeps them and makes them clear.
- Can an explanation say something about my case?
- No. Each explanation is checked: it may say what the term means in general, never add a claim about you.
