Dual-isotope
Posted By: CardioMT on 2007-07-03
In Reply to: Grammar help, please. - widdie
Subject: Dual-isotope
I type it with the hyphen for the same reason you want to. The exact term is not in my Stedman's, but dual-everything else is hyphenated.
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