A pejorative term referring to when a midlevel (e.g. nurse practitioner, physician assistant, etc) comments on or explains medical knowledge to a physician in an overconfident and often oversimplified manner.
Nurse Practitioner: "I think we should always order pregnancy tests for female clients. It's the only way to practice."
Physician: "Not if they've had a bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Remember your limitations and cut down on the midsplaining."
Physician: "Not if they've had a bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Remember your limitations and cut down on the midsplaining."
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It's when your mother explains things to you in a very condescending way that feels like she is talking down to you, as if you were a child or a simpleton.
It's when your mother explains things to you in a very condescending way that feels like she is talking down to you, as if you were a child or a simpleton.
#1: Why do you look so upset?
#2: I'm sick of my mom constantly momsplaining things to me like I'm not a damn adult.
#2: I'm sick of my mom constantly momsplaining things to me like I'm not a damn adult.
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