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Table 4 Selection of ‘wordy’ items with suggested alternatives produced by readability studio software (‘wordy’ items are complex words and phrases that contain too many words)

From: Readability of patient education materials related to radiation safety: What are the implications for patient-centred radiology care?

Wordy item

Suggested alternative

Abbreviated

Shortened

Accuracy

Correctness, exactness

Acquire

Gain, get

Adequate

Enough

Adverse

Harmful

Component

Part

Conscious

Aware

Consequences

Results

Criteria

Requirements

Deliberately

On purpose

Demonstrate

Show

Detrimental

Harmful

Distinguish

Tell apart

Equivalent

Equal

Evaluate

Check, rate

Facilitate

Ease, help

Feasible

Can be done

Hazardous

Risky, unsafe

Implement

Carry out, do

In reference to

About, on, for, as for, in, of, over, respecting, to, toward, with

In the process of

While

In the vicinity of

Close to, near, about, close by, in, nearby, around, round, close

Magnitude

size

Modify

Change

Necessitated

Caused, needed

Numerous

Many

Optimum

Best, greatest

Pertaining to

About, regarding

Proceed

Do, go on

Radiant

Bright

Recommend

Suggest

Regulation

Rule, law

Requisite

Needed, necessity

Stringent

Strict, tight

Sufficient

Enough, ample

Supplemental

Added, extra