0.5 or half a centimeter?
Posted By: shell on 2009-05-22
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Subject: 0.5 or half a centimeter?
ok he says "half a centimeter."
should i type half a centimeter or 0.5 cm?
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Haunted by the metric system--half-centimeter or 0.5 cm--which is correct?
Subject: Haunted by the metric system--half-centimeter or 0.5 cm--which is correct?
I am typing a procedure (verbatim) and the surgeon says that he left a "half centimeter flap." Does anyone know how this is correctly expressed? Should I leave it as half-centimeter or should I go all metric and use 0.5 cm?? Help!!
Centimeter
Subject: Centimeter
I think it's the Latin pronunciation of "centi".
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Subject: THey do say centimeter like that. Don't know why, but they do. nm
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Subject: Is it one by one centimeter or 1 x 1 centimeter
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Subject: "noons" per centimeter?
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Subject: Could it be 'joules' per centimeter
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Subject: maybe something like centimeter or subcentimeter? nm
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square centimeter ..
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Subject: three quarters of a centimeter
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Subject: maybe sub-centimeter medial bilateral costophrenic angle
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Subject: Half-bent
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Subject: I say 0.25 is a quarter, while 0.5 would be half. (nm)
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Subject: half the body --
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half tablet
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A 3.0 mm half thickness ...
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Subject: I would type it out one-half
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Subject: They sometimes cut trazodone in half
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Subject: given a liter and a half of fluid.
given a liter and a half of fluid.
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Subject: half a response here but is it a lead? sm
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Subject: one-half tablet daily is what I would put
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Subject: Maybe half a liter? (Though that is a low dose)
Your blank might be ____ one half. nm
Subject: Your blank might be ____ one half. nm
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Subject: Might find a used one on half.com. Make sure you get the Second Edition. nm
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Subject: medication D-5 half-normal saline? TIA nm
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Subject: D5 half-normal saline is correct - I think BOS
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