Doctors use jargon, acronyms, and medical phrases that remind patients of a secret code or other language. Even patients who spend the most time with doctors need a translation into simple language. Medical students learn 9,000 new words in their first year of study. They learn approximately 55,000 words throughout their medical studies. Some say that medical students learn more new words during their studies than language students. This exchange of clinical lexicon for colloquial slang is not carelessness but creativity. Both language and medicine are evolving for greater efficiency and connection. When the borrowed phrase captures the meaning more accurately, it becomes part of the personal lexicon.