No, you’re being treated by a doctor. Who needs to have a precise common understanding of what you’re saying.
"OK, sir, can you tell me about the snake that bit you?"
"It was maybe three feet long, and brown."
"Thank you, but what I meant was, what is the name of the snake according to the Institute of Ophidian Nomenclature?"
"I ... have no idea?"
"No idea?"
"No doctor. It had these kind of white markings on its head and ..."
"Sir, if you can't give me the formal name of the snake there's nothing we can do."
"What? You're joking, right?"
"If it still hurts in the morning, take two tylenol and call your PCP. And now I'll have to ask you to leave the hospital."
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"OK, sir, can you tell me about the snake that bit you?"
"It was maybe three feet long, and brown."
"Thank you, but what I meant was, what is the name of the snake according to the Institute of Ophidian Nomenclature?"
"I ... have no idea?"
"No idea?"
"No doctor. It had these kind of white markings on its head and ..."
"Sir, if you can't give me the formal name of the snake there's nothing we can do."
"What? You're joking, right?"
"If it still hurts in the morning, take two tylenol and call your PCP. And now I'll have to ask you to leave the hospital."