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You MUST get and USE a medical dictionary for this job. Period. nm

Posted By: not kidding on 2007-05-04
In Reply to: s/l - susan

Subject: You MUST get and USE a medical dictionary for this job. Period. nm

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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!

http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands.jspzQzpgzEzzSzppdocszSzuszSzcommonzSzdorlandszSzdorlandzSzdmd_a-b_00zPzhtm
Actually, diskectomy is in the medical dictionary....
Subject: Actually, diskectomy is in the medical dictionary....

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Medical Dictionary Online has
Subject: Medical Dictionary Online has

I've never had used the word myself, but when it passed my medical spellchecker, I went searching...

Osteoarthritides:
A progressive, degenerative joint disease, the most common form of arthritis, especially in older persons. The disease is thought to result not from the aging process but from biochemical changes and biomechanical stresses affecting articular cartilage. In the foreign literature it is often called osteoarthrosis deformans.

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

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Link for medical dictionary
Subject: Link for medical dictionary

http://medical.merriam-webster.com/medical
According to Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Subject: According to Stedman's Medical Dictionary

pelvi- and pelvo- are both combining forms for pelvis. Did not find either word in my GI/GU Words, but they do have pelvicaliceal, so my guess would be either one is correct. Google comes up with both.
Dorland's Medical Dictionary will verify it for you NM
Subject: Dorland's Medical Dictionary will verify it for you NM

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Fluctuance: Taken from Stedman's Medical dictionary
Subject: Fluctuance: Taken from Stedman's Medical dictionary

fluctuation (flk-t-shn)


  1. The act of fluctuating.
  2. A wavelike motion felt on palpating a cavity with nonrigid walls, especially one containing fluid. Syn: fluctuance

phyllodes (Dorland's Medical Dictionary) nm
Subject: phyllodes (Dorland's Medical Dictionary) nm


attenuation...onelook.com or a medical dictionary. nm
Subject: attenuation...onelook.com or a medical dictionary. nm

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

verˇteˇbra (vűrt-br)
n. pl. verˇteˇbras or verˇteˇbrae

Agree with you have always typed pleural as vertebrae, but just wanted to note what this dictionary states.
New home for online medical dictionary
Subject: New home for online medical dictionary

Not sure if I am posting this in the right place, but it does pertain to words so I'm putting it here.  Has anyone seen the new site for the online medical dictionary...it's called mondofacto dictionary.  I really like the way it is laid out and seems to have a lot more information.


See inside for link to medical dictionary
Subject: See inside for link to medical dictionary


http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/hypomobility
heloma molle per Dorlands Medical Dictionary. nm
Subject: heloma molle per Dorlands Medical Dictionary. nm

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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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http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/decubitus
Subject: http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/decubitus

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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. 


Per Dorland's Medical Dictionary - plural of orifice is "orificia" NM
Subject: Per Dorland's Medical Dictionary - plural of orifice is "orificia" NM


your diagnosis is spelled wrong -- check your medical dictionary,. nm
Subject: your diagnosis is spelled wrong -- check your medical dictionary,. nm

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According to http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/proud+flesh (sm)
Subject: According to http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/proud+flesh (sm)

proud flesh (proud)
n.
The swollen flesh that surrounds a healing wound, caused by excessive granulation.

Dorlands Medical Dictionary says it's Graves' disease - note the apostrophe after the "s
Subject: Dorlands Medical Dictionary says it's Graves' disease - note the apostrophe after the "s" nm

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bedsore..
Subject: bedsore..

and also Stedman's.

It is correct Latin grammar

decubitus, pl. decubiti

In medical language

decubitus ulcer, pl. decubitus ulcerS


could she possibly be saying "Shingles, period. Dormant, period"?
Subject: could she possibly be saying "Shingles, period. Dormant, period"?


pleural of decubitus is decubitus in Dorlands Medical Dictionary. I have always been typing decubiti
Subject: pleural of decubitus is decubitus in Dorlands Medical Dictionary. I have always been typing decubiti as the pleural. Oops. nm


Lloyd's sign. Look in medical dictionary under sign. NM
Subject: Lloyd's sign. Look in medical dictionary under sign. NM

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that should be.....a 2- to 3-day period. nm
Subject: that should be.....a 2- to 3-day period. nm

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no period after the h......
Subject: no period after the h......

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There should be a period after the h.
Subject: There should be a period after the h.


YES--there is a period after the "h" - q.6 h.
Subject: YES--there is a period after the "h" - q.6 h.

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could he be saying period after Ddimer nmx
Subject: could he be saying period after Ddimer nmx

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Is there definitely a period after the word less?
Subject: Is there definitely a period after the word less?

A lot of times radiologists will say interpretation is more difficult because of underpenetration but "interpretation is less" wouldn't make sense.


Another thought - if it's a chest film, could it be inspiration is less? As in, patient didn't breathe deeply?


H. pylori - I use the period
Subject: H. pylori - I use the period


BOS 1st edition has q.6h. with no period between, pg 116. nm
Subject: BOS 1st edition has q.6h. with no period between, pg 116. nm


period or comma?
Subject: period or comma?

Please help with this.  I get confused whether it should be a period or comma before "PT".


His WBC 11.0 and then 12.78 and 38.4.  PT, PTT were normal. 


thanks.


I would use a period as these labs
Subject: I would use a period as these labs

are not related to each other.
q as in q 4 hours, period or no?
Subject: q as in q 4 hours, period or no?


according to BOS 2, they put a space between 4 and h. and a period after h....sm
Subject: according to BOS 2, they put a space between 4 and h. and a period after h....sm

This is new:

BOS 2, page 146

q.h.

q.4 h. period after h.

q.i.d.
maybe go to school period if thinks that is right. nm
Subject: maybe go to school period if thinks that is right. nm

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Well, there is a period at the end, but it's an incomplete sentence.
Subject: Well, there is a period at the end, but it's an incomplete sentence.

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What's the next part of the sentence? What happened when the ____ plugs were inserted?




C. difficile (period not comma, sorry)
Subject: C. difficile (period not comma, sorry)

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Wenckebach period or cycle.
Subject: Wenckebach period or cycle.

 a sequence of cardiac cycles in the electrocardiogram ending in a dropped beat due to AV block, the preceding cycles showing progressively lengthening PR intervals; the PR interval following the dropped beat is again shortened
yes, comma or semicolon or period.
Subject: yes, comma or semicolon or period.

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normal in appearance (period)?
Subject: normal in appearance (period)?


Anyone doing MT should know if a period is required after postop.
Subject: Anyone doing MT should know if a period is required after postop.

Where did you get your education? If you don't know that much, you should not be in this field as you are a disgrace to the MT field.
just flex sig or flexible sigmoidoscopy. No period. nm
Subject: just flex sig or flexible sigmoidoscopy. No period. nm


Well if YOU type it, it must be right! BOS says no apostrophes on eponyms. Period. nm
Subject: Well if YOU type it, it must be right! BOS says no apostrophes on eponyms. Period. nm

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Left fundal hemostatic period.
Subject: Left fundal hemostatic period.

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The period goes inside the quotation marks.
Subject: The period goes inside the quotation marks.

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Ruminating: Thinking carefully and for a long period.
Subject: Ruminating: Thinking carefully and for a long period.

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