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Posted By: aw on 2008-11-05
In Reply to: Can you tell me where you are getting your info? sm - Cyndiee

Subject: bedsore..

and also Stedman's.

It is correct Latin grammar

decubitus, pl. decubiti

In medical language

decubitus ulcer, pl. decubitus ulcerS



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    no such word as decubiti. It is decubitus. Look in your medical dictionary. NM
    Subject: no such word as decubiti. It is decubitus. Look in your medical dictionary. NM

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    pleural of decubitus is decubitus in Dorlands Medical Dictionary. I have always been typing decubiti
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    Sorry - but do you have a medical dictionary??
    Subject: Sorry - but do you have a medical dictionary??

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    Not in my medical dictionary...
    Subject: Not in my medical dictionary...

    so that means they are "made up."
    ON-LINE MEDICAL DICTIONARY
    Subject: ON-LINE MEDICAL DICTIONARY

    Dorland's has a wonderful on-line dictionary for those who cannot afford their own. I use it all the time and am thrilled to be able to share with you all!

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    Subject: Actually, diskectomy is in the medical dictionary....

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    Medical Dictionary Online has
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    Subject: Why not try Google or a Medical Dictionary

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    Subject: According to Stedman's Medical Dictionary

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    Subject: Dorland's Medical Dictionary will verify it for you NM

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    Subject: Fluctuance: Taken from Stedman's Medical dictionary

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    The American HeritageŽ Medical Dictionary
    Subject: The American HeritageŽ Medical Dictionary

    verˇteˇbra (vűrt-br)
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    Subject: Yes per www.thefreedictionary.com

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    Subject: Found it on the TheFreeDictionary


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    decubiti?
    Subject: decubiti?

    Is this a word?  Spell check doesn't have it.  What would be the pleural of decubitus ulcer?  Thanks for any help.
    decubiti
    Subject: decubiti

    this is a direct quote from mtstars "sound Alikes Search:" Decubitus vs Decubiti - VLC Forums
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    Decubiti ulcers
    Subject: Decubiti ulcers

    I would use decubiti only if being used alone. When used with ulcers I would use the singular and type decubitus ulcers.
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    Subject: decubiti (bed sores, etc.)

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    Subject: No such word as decubiti.

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    LIKE THE DOCTORS SAY.

    The OP said.....'Docs will inevitably dictate this as decubiti..'
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    All doctors, not only one!

    I believe more what the doctors say who studied a decade, than the BOS of the AAMT with changes every year.

    WHAT IS THE PLURAL OF DECUBITUS?

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    s/l "cyclo" decubiti
    Subject: s/l "cyclo" decubiti

    s/l cyclodecubiti. I'm sure of the decubiti part but can't quite make out the first part... 
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    Subject: that was what I thought but when she kept dictating it decubiti

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    Subject: for Cyndee: decubiti...........scroll down






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    s/l 'kee-sler' cream..for decubiti..TIA - nm
    Subject: s/l 'kee-sler' cream..for decubiti..TIA - nm

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    Subject: wrong - they ALL dictate decubiti...no such word

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    Subject: The singular and plural forms are decubitus. No decubiti. And

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    Subject: Thank you for the appreciation, decubiti is plural according to Merriam-Webster

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    Subject: It is the plural form of decubitus so type plural decubiti

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    Main Entry:2use
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    Function:verb
    Inflected Form:used  *y*zd; *used to* usu *y*s-t* ; us*ing


    1 : to put into action or service  : EMPLOY
    2 : to consume or take (as drugs) regularly
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    4 : to expend or consume by putting to use
    5 : to behave toward  : TREAT *used the horse cruelly*
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    7    used in the past with to to indicate a former practice, fact, or state  *we used to work harder*
      –us*er noun 

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