Adirondack Rural Health Network

Clear Language Thesaurus

• Plain Language Thesaurus for Health Communication
  This document provides plain language alternatives for hundreds of frequently used medical terms, phrases and references, produced by CDC’s National Center for Health Marketing.
• The A to Z Alternative Words
  This site lists alternative words and phrases for jargon often used in writing, as well as resources on how to write medical information in plain English.
• CLAD (Clear Language And Design) Thesaurus
  This site provides a searchable list of clearer and simpler words and phrases with a printable file of the thesaurus.