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foci

Posted By: sm on 2008-03-18
In Reply to: lung cancer PET scan shows extensive metastatic - mt-123

Subject: foci

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he should FOCI on medicine and let you FOCI on the spelling and grammar :) nm
Subject: he should FOCI on medicine and let you FOCI on the spelling and grammar :) nm


foci (foci plural of focus)
Subject: foci (foci plural of focus)


foci NM
Subject: foci NM

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Foci-- yep!
Subject: Foci-- yep!

Thanks. I remember now.
foci?
Subject: foci?

A 12-lead EKG done in May 2007 shows sinus rhythm with normal foci and axis. There was no evidence of WPW.


Sounds more like fossus.  tried Google - not a lot of hits


Yes, foci.
Subject: Yes, foci.


How do you pronounce foci?
Subject: How do you pronounce foci?

The doctor says that there were scattered areas of s/l *fossi* in the liver. 


What I found was scattered areas of foci.  Is that how you pronounce foci?


Thanks


Foci...I found it
Subject: Foci...I found it


Never mind, he is saying foci. Thanks anyway!
Subject: Never mind, he is saying foci. Thanks anyway!

nm
First word is probably foci.
Subject: First word is probably foci.

Can you hear TEE for transesophageal echocardiogram?  Look that up to see if it fits your context.
Could be foci of sclerosing adenosis? nm
Subject: Could be foci of sclerosing adenosis? nm

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Am I behind the times or is FOCI now singular sm
Subject: Am I behind the times or is FOCI now singular sm

as well as plural? I left a note on a report that I had changed "foci" to "focus" when he was clearly stating there was ONE focus of enhancement on an exam, and he just dictated one where he specifies "there is a foci - F - O - C - I - of echogenicity..." on an ultrasound.


So am I just old-fashioned, anal-retentive, or what?


? two foci of abnormal activity
Subject: ? two foci of abnormal activity


foci of sclerosing adenoma rather than osis
Subject: foci of sclerosing adenoma rather than osis

but do look it up.
microscopic field of foci - a long shot, but may be
Subject: microscopic field of foci - a long shot, but may be