What it does
Medical notes are full of short forms and long words. Paste a prescription, a lab report, an imaging report or a discharge summary and this tool underlines every word it knows. Tap or hover over one and a plain one-line meaning appears. Below the text is a list of every word found.
It explains words, not people. It never says what anything means for you, and for words that can sound frightening, like “lesion” or “mass”, the meaning stays neutral and ends with a reminder that your doctor can explain what it means in your report. Pasted text never leaves your device. If you have numbers to read as well, lab report reader makes a table of a blood report, and lab unit converter converts units.
How to use it
- Paste your text into the box, or press Try a sample.
- Underlined words are the ones the tool knows. Tap or hover to read the meaning.
- Scroll to Words found for the full list.
- To check a single word, type it in Look up one word.
- To browse, press a letter under Browse A to Z.
What it knows
- Prescription words: timing and route shorthand such as od, bd, tds, prn, stat, po, sl, im, iv, ac and pc.
- Lab tests: names and abbreviations such as CBC, Hb, WBC, HbA1c, TSH, ALT, eGFR and LDL.
- Report words: terms like unremarkable, benign, bilateral, acute, chronic and follow-up.
- Imaging words: CT, MRI, ultrasound, contrast, T1 and T2.
Worked example
Paste “Take 1 tab bd pc. CBC unremarkable.” The tool underlines tab, bd, pc, CBC and unremarkable. bd shows “Twice a day”, pc shows “After meals”, CBC shows that it is a common blood test counting the different cells in the blood, and unremarkable shows that the reader found nothing worth special mention.
FAQs
A word I know is not underlined. The list is not complete. Search for it, or ask your pharmacist.
Can it tell me what my result means? No. It defines words only. Ask your doctor or pharmacist about your results.
Some short forms mean two things. True. For example NAD can mean two different things, so the tool says so; check the context.
Is my text uploaded? No. Everything happens in your browser.
Where the numbers come from
- About 340 entries written by fibub in its own words, informed by public patient-information pages (MedlinePlus, NHS) and common prescription shorthand. They define words only, never a person's results.
Standard scientific values, such as constants, atomic weights and melting points, are facts found in every textbook; we name where ours were checked. If you are an author or publisher and want a value, a credit or a table changed or removed, tell us and we will act quickly.
Last updated 2026-11-10.