It may be a word in Webster's but
Posted By: Backwards typist on 2008-11-27
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Subject: It may be a word in Webster's but
the BOS states we should use pus-like as 'pussy' (cringe) has more than 1 meaning. Pus-like sounds more professional.
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My Webster's has it as a word, see link
Subject: My Webster's has it as a word, see link
for definition from googling, I hear it dictated quite often too
laid down. Layed is not a word in Merriam-Webster.
Subject: laid down. Layed is not a word in Merriam-Webster.
corticated is listed in Webster's Universal as an adjective. So, yes, it is a legitimate word.
Subject: corticated is listed in Webster's Universal as an adjective. So, yes, it is a legitimate word. nm
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Check your Webster's??? nm
Subject: Check your Webster's??? nm
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Don't forget Webster's dictionary--sm
Subject: Don't forget Webster's dictionary--sm
you usually don't think to find "medical" words in Webster's but found the following--
Main Entry: in to·to
Pronunciation: in-'tO-(")tO
Function: adverb
Etymology: Latin, on the whole
: TOTALLY, ENTIRELY
Webster's says pleural form is ...
Subject: Webster's says pleural form is ...
apparatuses or apparatus. Have never seen a doc that didn't try to make up his own form of word from time to time either though...so if your account states strictly verbatim without the ability to correct grammar even when you know it's incorrect then I would type what he says.
Check Webster's Universal - it's in there
Subject: Check Webster's Universal - it's in there
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Link for Merriam-Webster's
Subject: Link for Merriam-Webster's
Here's the link for Merriam-Webster's:
http://www.m-w.com/
The Online Dictionary is free for now.
Typing "wretching" would have taken you to the correct word, "retching." Unfortunately, with all dictionaries, you need to know the basic word to look up the spelling.
Good luck!
not OP but in Webster's Dictionary since 1980
Subject: not OP but in Webster's Dictionary since 1980
In Webster's Dictionary since 1980 (as I know it and have one here), they have been putting non and re together with whatever comes after it....
nonexistent and reexcision for example.....
et cetera........
and so there should be no hyphen medically either but YOU ARE SO RIGHT, depends on who you work for #1, Client profile #2....and all QA personnel because some mark you correct and some mark you incorrect when you don't use a hyphen or use a hyphen in these cases.
The plural is ductus per Webster's
Subject: The plural is ductus per Webster's
I use long-standing per my Webster's dictionary. NM
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Dorland's, Stedman's, Webster's--take your pick.
Subject: Dorland's, Stedman's, Webster's--take your pick.
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it's two words, your mtso is incorrect. Buy a Webster's dictionary
Subject: it's two words, your mtso is incorrect. Buy a Webster's dictionary
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no problem. if all else fails with stedman, grab webster
Subject: no problem. if all else fails with stedman, grab webster
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Thank you for the appreciation, decubiti is plural according to Merriam-Webster
Subject: Thank you for the appreciation, decubiti is plural according to Merriam-Webster
It is binging or bingeing, both ways in Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Subject: It is binging or bingeing, both ways in Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Per Dorland's, Sloane, Merriam-Webster all neurapraxia; no neuropraxia found.
Subject: Per Dorland's, Sloane, Merriam-Webster all neurapraxia; no neuropraxia found.
Interesting...it is in mine but mine is older..can't argue with Webster though...nm
Subject: Interesting...it is in mine but mine is older..can't argue with Webster though...nm
Might be stumbling over the word "gross" and repeating the word gross visual fields.
Subject: Might be stumbling over the word "gross" and repeating the word gross visual fields.
one word in Stedman's cardiology and The Surgical Word Book
Subject: one word in Stedman's cardiology and The Surgical Word Book
Help with word; unable to post on word board
Anyone heard of osseous cartilagenous OSCAL benign biopsy?
It's a real word, with cholera being the root word. nm
Subject: It's a real word, with cholera being the root word. nm
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Can you hear the word "on" before the word inspiration?
Subject: Can you hear the word "on" before the word inspiration?
pan- is a prefix, so it is part of the word, not a separate word
Subject: pan- is a prefix, so it is part of the word, not a separate word
basic grammar here
If you read the first poster's question word for word,sm
Subject: If you read the first poster's question word for word,sm
she was looking for the plural form of decubitus, saying she got stumped by it. I responded very simply to that. I did not feel I needed to correct her use of "pleural" as was not her question and just quickly wanted to help her, and checked my medical references to do so. I pointed out that there are no plural form for decubitus. This is all correct. What is your problem. I was trying to help an MT with correct and verfified medical transcription help, now I know why I stay away from any message boards, always someone who wants a fight. Whatever.
After the word marked, it may souond like the next word begins with a d.
Subject: After the word marked, it may souond like the next word begins with a d.
What is the word before Nare-A. The other word is ballottable.
Subject: What is the word before Nare-A. The other word is ballottable.
word endings word list?
Has anyone seen any kind of lists dealing with word endings? I've often thought I wanted to create one. You know the doctor who dictates "mhmmpfectomy", etc. Surely someone else must have felt this way too?
word help.....english word
Subject: word help.....english word
I told him I want to keep an eye on this though. He did have some definite s/l aberrancy s/l when I was listening to him, but he definitely was in sinus rhythm
Need word help. Is there a "phobia" word sm
Subject: Need word help. Is there a "phobia" word sm
that means sensitivity to sound, i.e. like photophobia sensitivity to light? I just had a doctor use the word "audiophobia" (I am assuming he is meaning sensitivity to sound as in a migraine patient), but I am unable to verify this word? Anyone got any ideas on this? Thanx!
not a word question but word book question
Subject: not a word question but word book question
I am in need of reference books and looking at Stedmans Medical and Surgical equipment book. I see the fifth edition is out, that must be the newest edition?
Also looking at Stedmans Ortho word book, fifth edition but dated 2005. Is this too old to consider purchasing? How do you know when a new edition will be coming out?
Thanks in advance
word help
I am doing podiatric but patient has been having diarrhea and cultures have
been taken. Under care of infectious disease doctor. Doctor says "may need to consider a napograph or an apograph"
word help
Ex-zog-i-dential obesity?
Help on word please
 HEELLLPP!!! Some confusion. Can anyone help tell me the proper way. Is is T score or is it T-score. This is a term you would find on a dexa scan. Thanks
word help
I think it is Z-score
word help
She had a previous gallbladder, which suggested sludge or chololithiasis
I need to figure out the omited word after gallbaldder. Is there 1 specific test done to find gallstones? Ultrasound or endo. doc mentions neither.
word help
Try "and doxycycline 100 mg." Dictator probably just adding an extra word.
word
Subject: word
ulcerative colitis.
Other word??
Subject: Other word??
Was it electroneurography (ENog) ?
PT WORD
Subject: PT WORD
sounds like "fem score" - regarding stair ambulation assessment ? thanks.
word help
Subject: word help
Do they examine the hypopharynx or hyperpharynx with the nasopharynx?
need help with word
Subject: need help with word
HEENT: Neck is ___________. sounds like he's saying brooshy. Please help!
Can someone help me with this word?
Subject: Can someone help me with this word?
I hate even asking this question because I'm sure it is something everyone has heard, but lately I have been doing so many oncology and renal reports that I am getting rusty with everything else.
Doctor mentions a distal radius fracture with "dorsal translation across the pyses of the distal foramen."
I can't find the word pyses. I know how I spelled it is not correct. But can someone please help!!?
TIA.
Word Help for Pex - sorry not yet, but ....
Subject: Word Help for Pex - sorry not yet, but ....
Hi, CC ...
I'm sorry that I don't have an answer for you regarding "pex", but I have just contacted a GI doctor friend of mine to ask him if he is familiar with the word. You said that it was used in a sentence with the phrase: "the esophagus was pexed", so I thought that maybe, since he does EGDs, he might be familiar with that word.
Once thing I ask ... please ... when you find your answer - and you will - please post it on the board so that we who are just learning surgcal dictation can add it to our repetoire of weird words. PLEASE? Thanks, and good luck. I hope I have an answer for you later this evening, or that someone else does.  Judy H.
word help
Subject: word help
It sounds like he's saying digit equinti varus..but I can't find that phrase anywhere...?
word help,
Subject: word help,
there is in ortho book (stedmans) equinovarus and under varus there is a digitus varus. so howabout digitus equinovarus ??
Word help
Subject: Word help
Digiti quinti varus...I believe it is a nerve.
word
Subject: word
Could it be her present value is skewed?
Word
Subject: Word
Yes, thank you so much
Need help with a word
Subject: Need help with a word
Impression: pain in right lower quadrant and s/l "fell-ig-ma". 
TIA
Yes, I know it is A word, not the right word.
Subject: Yes, I know it is A word, not the right word.
It is not THE right word for the question. Jeez.
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