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That is from my Sted's electronic dictionary. sm

Posted By: Txczech on 2008-02-22
In Reply to: Very good definition. Where is that from? - Thank you very much!! nm

Subject: That is from my Sted's electronic dictionary. sm

--Very cheap  and very good. Has illustrations for anatomy etc. Great buy and you have it right on your PC.  nm


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Ref from Sted's Electronic Dict. sm
Subject: Ref from Sted's Electronic Dict. sm

Have copied a few pertinent to your question etc.


 


angina


 




1. A severe, often constricting pain, usually referring to angina pectoris.


2. Old term for a sore throat from any cause.


abdominal angina


intestinal angina


Wow!! I could not even find that in my old Sted's Electronic. sm
Subject: Wow!! I could not even find that in my old Sted's Electronic. sm

I love it when we can "out wit" them. Of course a lot of these guys, not only ESLs, make up the stuff. The first thing they taught  was about the prefixes etc in the old transcription classes. I had been typing for about 2 years when they offered the class at a junior college where my husband was attending, he got me the book, which I still have, and I almost keeled over at all the different combos etc.


GOOD GOING GIRL!!!!!! 


dysdiadochokinesis as per Sted's Electronic Dict.
Subject: dysdiadochokinesis as per Sted's Electronic Dict.


tendinitis, as per Stedmans Electronic Medical Dictionary 7.0
Subject: tendinitis, as per Stedmans Electronic Medical Dictionary 7.0

Tendinitis:  Because this word is based on the Latin word tendo, with a genitive singular form of tendinis, and a combining form that is therefore tendin, the spelling tendonitis is irregular. 


See what Sted's Dictionary says about this.
Subject: See what Sted's Dictionary says about this.


benign prostatic hypertrophy



erroneous term that is often considered a synonym of nodular hyperplasia of prostate.


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benign prostatic hyperplasia



progressive enlargement of the prostate due to hyperplasia of both glandular and stromal components, typically beginning in the fifth decade and sometimes causing obstructive or irritative symptoms, or both; does not evolve into cancer.


 


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And according to Sted's Med. Dictionary its 2 words.
Subject: And according to Sted's Med. Dictionary its 2 words.

Welcome to the wonderful world of Sted's. If you don't like something one way, keep looking until you find the way that suits you.
use as one word per Sted neurology and dictionary.com
Subject: use as one word per Sted neurology and dictionary.com


Sted's Ortho Words and their on-line dictionary show it as one word. nm
Subject: Sted's Ortho Words and their on-line dictionary show it as one word. nm

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thank you. Is the electronic dictionairy something I have to buy or on the net?
Subject: thank you. Is the electronic dictionairy something I have to buy or on the net?

nm
I just received the electronic BOS
Subject: I just received the electronic BOS

And right on the front of the manual at the bottom it says:

"American Association for Medial Transcription"

Who proofed that??
Copy from Electronic BOS 2E
Subject: Copy from Electronic BOS 2E

departments
Lowercase common nouns designating department names; reserve capitals for proper nouns or adjectives, in addresses, or when part of a federal government agency name.


She is head of the St. Mary's Hospital surgery department.
He works for the State Department in Washington, DC.
The patient is head of the English department at the local state university.


However, capitalize a department name that is referred to as an entity.


The patient was referred to Anesthesia for preoperative evaluation.
The report from Pathology indicates that the tumor is benign.


divisions
Lowercase common nouns naming institutional divisions.


the administrative division of Memorial Hospital


internal units
Lowercase common names for internal units of an organization.


The patient's medication was changed because apparently the pharmacy can no longer obtain paregoric.


Exception: Capitalization may be used for such internal units in the entity's references to itself in its own formal and/or legal documents.


Please note the change in Pharmacy hours...


Capitalize internal elements when their names are not generic terms.


Dr. Smith's Limb Deficiency Clinic


Copyright (c) 2002 American Association for Medical Transcription


vibrated? Is this an electronic device....nm
Subject: vibrated? Is this an electronic device....nm


Many companies use software that provides an electronic signature. nm
Subject: Many companies use software that provides an electronic signature. nm

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SM for cut and paste from Stedman's Electronic Med Dictationary.
Subject: SM for cut and paste from Stedman's Electronic Med Dictationary.

Tyndall phenomenon:


the visibility of floating particles in gases or liquids when illuminated by a ray of sunlight and viewed at right angles to the illuminating ray. Syn: Tyndall effect.


 


Tyndall effect:


Syn: Tyndall phenomenon.


 


Electronic atrial pacemaker rhythm?
Subject: Electronic atrial pacemaker rhythm?

Can you perhaps hear this?
My electronic drug source has carboplatin only and onelook has same result. nm
Subject: My electronic drug source has carboplatin only and onelook has same result. nm


? term "cyber" in relation to "computer/electronic chart" documentation. (sm)
Subject: ? term "cyber" in relation to "computer/electronic chart" documentation. (sm)

This is just a guess as I am not "computer savvy" in regards to tech terms.
One-Look dictionary
Subject: One-Look dictionary

Go to one-look dictionary and type in testicular cord. If that doesn't work, try testicular chord. You can do this!

FROM DICTIONARY DOT COM *lol*
Subject: FROM DICTIONARY DOT COM *lol*

1 entry found for conversative.


conversative


Con*ver"sa*tive (k[o^]n*v[~e]r"s[.a]*t[i^]v), a. Relating to intercourse with men; social; -- opposed to contemplative.

She chose . . . to endue him with the conversative qualities of youth. --Sir H. Wotton.


You can use One-Look Dictionary
Subject: You can use One-Look Dictionary

site for things like this.

Putting in HCO3 gets a result, while putting in HC03 does not.

http://www.onelook.com/?w=HCO3&ls=a
One-Look dictionary
Subject: One-Look dictionary

http://www.onelook.com/?w=nonproductive&ls=a
see ref #7 from M-W dictionary.
Subject: see ref #7 from M-W dictionary.

Main Entry:2use
Pronunciation:*y*z
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
3 : UTILIZE *use tact*;  also   : MANIPULATE *used his friends to get ahead*
4 : to expend or consume by putting to use
5 : to behave toward  : TREAT *used the horse cruelly*
6 : to benefit from  *house could use a coat of paint*
7    used in the past with to to indicate a former practice, fact, or state  *we used to work harder*
  –us*er noun 


Dictionary says
Subject: Dictionary says

followup is not a word. Only follow up or follow-up.
I think you are right and the dictionary
Subject: I think you are right and the dictionary

supports you.  Look here when you are doubting yourself. 


http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enlarge


Graves as per my Sted's.
Subject: Graves as per my Sted's.


takedown as per Sted's GI/GU. nm
Subject: takedown as per Sted's GI/GU. nm


Looks like puerperal in the Sted's. nm
Subject: Looks like puerperal in the Sted's. nm

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My Sted's has jar as meaning sm
Subject: My Sted's has jar as meaning sm

-- a jolt or shaking. Might be what the doctor is saying. nm
hernial sac as per Sted's. sm
Subject: hernial sac as per Sted's. sm

 


 


hernial sac



the protruding envelope of peritoneum in a hernia.


but why wouldn't it be in the dictionary?
Subject: but why wouldn't it be in the dictionary?

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OneLook Dictionary
Subject: OneLook Dictionary

Does everybody already know about this website?
For labile, it shows the quick definition as:

labile - adjective: open to change; liable to change
look in your regular dictionary
Subject: look in your regular dictionary

there is a word syncopize, derivative of syncopate, derivative of syncope.
One Look Dictionary search
Subject: One Look Dictionary search

would have suggested the correct spelling and its definition for you if you typed in your spelling.
One Look Dictionary site
Subject: One Look Dictionary site

has a helpful feature. You could type in l*noid and it would have offered you several choices, among them the one you were looking for. It usually gives definitions, too.
**sorry, dictionary (looks like I need an English one too, lol) (nm)
Subject: **sorry, dictionary (looks like I need an English one too, lol) (nm)

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Per M-W dictionary, see inside.
Subject: Per M-W dictionary, see inside.

Main Entry: cesarean section
Variant(s): or caesarean section
Function: noun
Usage: often capitalized C
Etymology: from the legendary association of such a delivery with the Roman cognomen Caesar
: surgical incision of the walls of the abdomen and uterus for delivery of offspring
oops - I just went to dictionary.com - see msg
Subject: oops - I just went to dictionary.com - see msg

and there is a disparateness


http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=disparateness


and there is disparate.....


http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/disparate


 


former meaning UTTER dissimilarity


 


oh well, you (and I) did the best we could at the moment - if you still have the report, I'd change it to disparateness (perhaps *LOL*)


 


It is actually in the dictionary, go figure...
Subject: It is actually in the dictionary, go figure...

a·hold /əˈhoʊld/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[uh-hohld] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1. Informal. a hold or grasp (often fol. by of): He took ahold of my arm. Grab ahold!
–adverb 2. Nautical Archaic. close to the wind and on a single tack: to keep a vessel ahold.
—Idiom3. get ahold of, Informal. hold (def. 51

ambient - see dictionary.com
Subject: ambient - see dictionary.com

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

am·bi·ent Audio Help /ˈæmbiənt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[am-bee-uhnt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective 1. of the surrounding area or environment: The tape recorder picked up too many ambient noises. The temperature in the display case was 20° lower than the ambient temperature.
2. completely surrounding; encompassing: the ambient air.

Ballotting is not in the dictionary and neither
Subject: Ballotting is not in the dictionary and neither

is ballot or ballotte.
From One-Look Dictionary site:
Subject: From One-Look Dictionary site:

allodynia
Condition in which ordinarily nonpainful stimuli evoke pain.

Origin: allo-+ G. Odyne, pain


but Dorlands Dictionary says
Subject: but Dorlands Dictionary says

Dorlands Medical Dictionary says benign prostatic hyperplasia, benign prostatic hypertrophy, and nodular hyperplasia of the prostate all mean the same thing!

http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands_split.jsp?pg=/ppdocs/us/common/dorlands/dorland/four/000051191.htm#000051191
Sorry - but do you have a medical dictionary??
Subject: Sorry - but do you have a medical dictionary??

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Did you find this in a dictionary? (NM)
Subject: Did you find this in a dictionary? (NM)

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neti pot per the dictionary nm
Subject: neti pot per the dictionary nm


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

so that means they are "made up."
Sted's Rad Words has basilar...nm
Subject: Sted's Rad Words has basilar...nm

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Sted's Ortho Words has it with 2 n's....nm
Subject: Sted's Ortho Words has it with 2 n's....nm

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melenic, as per Sted's GI/GU 3rd edition. nm
Subject: melenic, as per Sted's GI/GU 3rd edition. nm


or could just be "ectasias" - Sted Derm
Subject: or could just be "ectasias" - Sted Derm

n/m
Sted's Lab Words has it just like you have it. Some companies don't
Subject: Sted's Lab Words has it just like you have it. Some companies don't

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