Eluting, but it is not hyphenated. nm
Posted By: TNMT on 2005-06-30
In Reply to: DRUG ELUDING?DRUG ELUTING? - WA
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Yes it IS hyphenated, drug-eluting stent...
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-ly words are not hyphenated. nm
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No more hyphenated follow-up. sm
#1. Follow up (verb): I will follow up with the patient next week.
#2. Followup (noun or adjective): The patient will come in for a followup next week, or the patient will come in for a followup examination next week.
Prefixes are not normally hyphenated...sm
...except in certain circumstances. See BOS 3rd ed., pp 134-135.
MS Word's "rules" are not reliable nor authoritative.
Word combinations that modify are hyphenated.
I think of it as words that describe or paint a clearer picture. Things like red-hot poker, or flea-bitten mongrel. Does that help?
It is drug-eluting, so there QA!!!
Yes, drug-eluting...
The company I work for gives daily info e-mails and actually got one on this a few months ago - is common to transcribe eluding or alluding if you haven't heard it before. 
Drug-Eluting
As they say on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire", drug-eluting............FINAL ANSWER!!! 
It's ELUTING. Your QA person is incorrect (tsk tsk). nm
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drug-eluting stent
You are wrong. It drug-eluting stent.
that was supposed to be eluding vs. eluting
nevermind! TGIF!
Cypher drug-eluting stent
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Drug-eluting stents. Link inside. sm.
It is hyphenated. Check out Boston Scientific's site at the link below for some of their products. One is as follows: TAXUS® Express²™ paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent system.
look up each definition..and it is drug-eluting stent. with hyphen.
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DRUG ELUDING?DRUG ELUTING?
Okay...sock it to me..when I was even newer than I am now, I wrote "drug alluding stent." QA sent a correction saying "drug eluding stent." NOW, I see on Google, "drug eluting stent." SOoooo, which is it, or are they both correct? Thanks ahead of time.
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