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Table 4 Comparison of synonyms for medical terms generated by paraphrasing tools and iterative language translation through Google Translateā„¢

From: Paraphrasing tools, language translation tools and plagiarism: an exploratory study

Standard nomenclature

Paraphrased term

Google Translateā„¢

Aboriginal man

Native fellow

Autochthonic person

Native man

Native individuals

Original man

Tribal man

Emergency Department

Crisis centre

Crisis division

Crisis office

Crisis group ward

Emergency office

Emergency division

Crisis branch

Emergency branch

Erectile dysfunction (in reference to the abbreviation ED)

Education department

Emergency room

Type 1 (Diabetes Mellitus)

Sort 1

Kind 1

Ā 

Insulin shock

Insulin stun

Insulin surprise

Ā 

Patient centred care

Tolerant focussed care

Ā 

Hospital

Healing facility

Doctorā€™s facility

Healing centre

Mending office

sanatorium

Ā 

Health professionals

Wellbeing experts

Fitness experts

Ā 

Health literacy

Wellbeing education

Welling proficiency aptitudes

Wellbeing education abilities

Ā 

Rehabilitation centre

Restoration focus

Recovery fixate

Rebuilding centre

Recuperating office

Renewal centre

Restoration centre

Recovery centre

Recovery focus

Ā 

Discharge summary

Release rundown

Release report

Release synopsis

Discharge papers

A reference

Discharge report

Release outline

Discharge outline

Discharge precis

Release summary

Release precis

Discharge brief

Summary of the circulation

Intuitive decision making

Instinctive focussed leadership

Instinctive basic leadership

Ā 

Nurse

Medical caretaker

Medical attendant

caretaker

Ā 

Ambulance

Rescue vehicle

Auto

Car

Affected person delivery

motorcar

Ā 

Rehabilitation

Encourage treatment

Ā 

Social worker

Social specialist

Public servant

Social employee

Ā 

Occupational Therapist

Word related authority

Word related advisor

Activity expert

Ā 

CAT scan

Feline output

ikon

CAT screening

Healthcare team

Medicinal services group

Aid team

Ā 

Diabetes

Polygenic disease

Ā 

Glucose levels

Aldohexose levels

Ā 

Medical record

Anamnesis

Scientific facts

Ā