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Medical dictionaries

Posted By: Patty on 2009-05-06
In Reply to: I believe BOS says no, just genus and no species name (nm) - Mushroom

Subject: Medical dictionaries

show them capitalized but the BOS does have crazy rules. ;-)


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Tessier Surgical Word Book, Third Edition which is the newest edition.  Methinks your QA person is wrong (and needs to be brought down a peg or two ).  I think some of this QA people get a wee big headed and think they are always right.  Doesn't sound like he's/she's bothering to reference it because if she did, she wouldn't be able to find it.


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Can anyone suggest a good medical dictionary?
which eventually DO get into med dictionaries..nm
Subject: which eventually DO get into med dictionaries..nm

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Subject: dictionaries are great for these type

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the Dorland's and Stedman's dictionaries liste it as no cap. nm
Subject: the Dorland's and Stedman's dictionaries liste it as no cap. nm

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Subject: at 1st, couldn't find in any med dictionaries then found online - n/m


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Subject: lots of words we use correctly aren't in dictionaries, find another excuse. Mucusy is absolutely acceptable. nm

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Coronary artery diease!

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Subject: It was in the Dorlands Medical

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Subject: No, not a medical record, but it is being put

While I realize it is the OP's responsibility to doublecheck whatever answers received here, and it's fine to be lazy in any other posts on the board, but IMO, it's still a good idea to give correct answers -- spelling, capitalization, and all -- when providing word help. Otherwise, if the OP is also "lazy" it will end up in a medical record the wrong way. Not major in this case, but could be in others ...

Just my opinion, of course.
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http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands_split.jsp?pg=/ppdocs/us/common/dorlands/dorland/misc/dmd-a-b-000.htm


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