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bridging ex fix...as in external fixator...nm

Posted By: mtmtmtm on 2009-01-14
In Reply to: Ortho OP word help - 91 MT

Subject: bridging ex fix...as in external fixator...nm

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Ex fix - just short for external fixator or
Subject: Ex fix - just short for external fixator or

a brand?  Ex-Fix? ExFix? ex fix?  Thanks in advance.


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Subject: Could be slang for external fixator or there

is a Vilex eX-FIX.
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Subject: Help with external fixator slang

On this account slang words are typed as dictated.  For external fixator he dictates ex-fix.  Is 'ex-fix' correct or should it be x-fix?  It has been suggested that it might XFIX, a brand name, but I have not been able to find anything to confirm it.


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Subject: I just expand to external fixator. I wonder if I'm wrong. nm

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Subject: external fixator as well as buried s/l stined pins.sm

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