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oops "OneLook Dictionary" has no hyphen. My apologies. /nm

Posted By: alm on 2007-07-12
In Reply to: using wild card in middle "antileukoproteinase" on One-Look site. nm - alm

Subject: oops "OneLook Dictionary" has no hyphen. My apologies. /nm




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OOPS - misspelled "alprazolam" -- apologies /nm
Subject: OOPS - misspelled "alprazolam" -- apologies /nm

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oops - I just went to dictionary.com - see msg
Subject: oops - I just went to dictionary.com - see msg

and there is a disparateness


http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=disparateness


and there is disparate.....


http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/disparate


 


former meaning UTTER dissimilarity


 


oh well, you (and I) did the best we could at the moment - if you still have the report, I'd change it to disparateness (perhaps *LOL*)


 


my apologies - I misread your post.. No answer for "sonic dura-vo-tee" / nm
Subject: my apologies - I misread your post.. No answer for "sonic dura-vo-tee" / nm

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Since there is already a hyphen in Austin-Moore, I would not use a hyphen before type. jmo
Subject: Since there is already a hyphen in Austin-Moore, I would not use a hyphen before type. jmo


One-Look dictionary
Subject: One-Look dictionary

Go to one-look dictionary and type in testicular cord. If that doesn't work, try testicular chord. You can do this!

FROM DICTIONARY DOT COM *lol*
Subject: FROM DICTIONARY DOT COM *lol*

1 entry found for conversative.


conversative


Con*ver"sa*tive (k[o^]n*v[~e]r"s[.a]*t[i^]v), a. Relating to intercourse with men; social; -- opposed to contemplative.

She chose . . . to endue him with the conversative qualities of youth. --Sir H. Wotton.


You can use One-Look Dictionary
Subject: You can use One-Look Dictionary

site for things like this.

Putting in HCO3 gets a result, while putting in HC03 does not.

http://www.onelook.com/?w=HCO3&ls=a
One-Look dictionary
Subject: One-Look dictionary

http://www.onelook.com/?w=nonproductive&ls=a
see ref #7 from M-W dictionary.
Subject: see ref #7 from M-W dictionary.

Main Entry:2use
Pronunciation:*y*z
Function:verb
Inflected Form:used  *y*zd; *used to* usu *y*s-t* ; us*ing


1 : to put into action or service  : EMPLOY
2 : to consume or take (as drugs) regularly
3 : UTILIZE *use tact*;  also   : MANIPULATE *used his friends to get ahead*
4 : to expend or consume by putting to use
5 : to behave toward  : TREAT *used the horse cruelly*
6 : to benefit from  *house could use a coat of paint*
7    used in the past with to to indicate a former practice, fact, or state  *we used to work harder*
  –us*er noun 


Dictionary says
Subject: Dictionary says

followup is not a word. Only follow up or follow-up.
I think you are right and the dictionary
Subject: I think you are right and the dictionary

supports you.  Look here when you are doubting yourself. 


http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enlarge


but why wouldn't it be in the dictionary?
Subject: but why wouldn't it be in the dictionary?

x
OneLook Dictionary
Subject: OneLook Dictionary

Does everybody already know about this website?
For labile, it shows the quick definition as:

labile - adjective: open to change; liable to change
look in your regular dictionary
Subject: look in your regular dictionary

there is a word syncopize, derivative of syncopate, derivative of syncope.
One Look Dictionary search
Subject: One Look Dictionary search

would have suggested the correct spelling and its definition for you if you typed in your spelling.
One Look Dictionary site
Subject: One Look Dictionary site

has a helpful feature. You could type in l*noid and it would have offered you several choices, among them the one you were looking for. It usually gives definitions, too.
**sorry, dictionary (looks like I need an English one too, lol) (nm)
Subject: **sorry, dictionary (looks like I need an English one too, lol) (nm)

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Per M-W dictionary, see inside.
Subject: Per M-W dictionary, see inside.

Main Entry: cesarean section
Variant(s): or caesarean section
Function: noun
Usage: often capitalized C
Etymology: from the legendary association of such a delivery with the Roman cognomen Caesar
: surgical incision of the walls of the abdomen and uterus for delivery of offspring
It is actually in the dictionary, go figure...
Subject: It is actually in the dictionary, go figure...

a·hold /əˈhoʊld/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[uh-hohld] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1. Informal. a hold or grasp (often fol. by of): He took ahold of my arm. Grab ahold!
–adverb 2. Nautical Archaic. close to the wind and on a single tack: to keep a vessel ahold.
—Idiom3. get ahold of, Informal. hold (def. 51

ambient - see dictionary.com
Subject: ambient - see dictionary.com

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

am·bi·ent Audio Help /ˈæmbiənt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[am-bee-uhnt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective 1. of the surrounding area or environment: The tape recorder picked up too many ambient noises. The temperature in the display case was 20° lower than the ambient temperature.
2. completely surrounding; encompassing: the ambient air.

Ballotting is not in the dictionary and neither
Subject: Ballotting is not in the dictionary and neither

is ballot or ballotte.
From One-Look Dictionary site:
Subject: From One-Look Dictionary site:

allodynia
Condition in which ordinarily nonpainful stimuli evoke pain.

Origin: allo-+ G. Odyne, pain


See what Sted's Dictionary says about this.
Subject: See what Sted's Dictionary says about this.


benign prostatic hypertrophy



erroneous term that is often considered a synonym of nodular hyperplasia of prostate.


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benign prostatic hyperplasia



progressive enlargement of the prostate due to hyperplasia of both glandular and stromal components, typically beginning in the fifth decade and sometimes causing obstructive or irritative symptoms, or both; does not evolve into cancer.


 


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but Dorlands Dictionary says
Subject: but Dorlands Dictionary says

Dorlands Medical Dictionary says benign prostatic hyperplasia, benign prostatic hypertrophy, and nodular hyperplasia of the prostate all mean the same thing!

http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands_split.jsp?pg=/ppdocs/us/common/dorlands/dorland/four/000051191.htm#000051191
Sorry - but do you have a medical dictionary??
Subject: Sorry - but do you have a medical dictionary??

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Did you find this in a dictionary? (NM)
Subject: Did you find this in a dictionary? (NM)

dd
neti pot per the dictionary nm
Subject: neti pot per the dictionary nm


Not in my medical dictionary...
Subject: Not in my medical dictionary...

so that means they are "made up."
or else no hyphen.....sm
Subject: or else no hyphen.....sm

The patient had a pain-free day.


The patient was chest pain free.


 


It's like *well healed* -


The patient's wound is well healed.


The patient has a well-healed wound.


hyphen
Subject: hyphen

no hyphen
I like to use the hyphen. nm
Subject: I like to use the hyphen. nm

s
hyphen or not hyphen
Subject: hyphen or not hyphen

polypoid shaped


benign appearing


do or dont hyphenate such words?


hyphen or not hyphen
Subject: hyphen or not hyphen

what if if precedes gray-white or any other hypenated adj?
hyphen or not hyphen
Subject: hyphen or not hyphen

Thank you this is a great help.
**hyphen (nm)
Subject: **hyphen (nm)

x
Use it just the way you have it, no hyphen. nm
Subject: Use it just the way you have it, no hyphen. nm

s
No hyphen................nm
Subject: No hyphen................nm


no hyphen nm
Subject: no hyphen nm

x
Yes to the hyphen
Subject: Yes to the hyphen

10-degree increase

hyphen
Subject: hyphen

straight-leg raise or straight leg-raise?
hyphen
Subject: hyphen

I actually type mine straight-leg-raise. I have seen it this way or without hypens at all. Not really sure which way is correct but that is the way my doc preferred it so I have kept it that way.
Hyphen or not?
Subject: Hyphen or not?

Which is correct?  vasoocclusive or vaso-occlusive.  Thanks!


hyphen
Subject: hyphen

I would type vaso-occlusive.
hyphen help
Subject: hyphen help

The patient is now 10-days status-post open repair of a bilateral inguinal hernia.


Is this a correct use of hyphens?


no hyphen. NM
Subject: no hyphen. NM

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hyphen
Subject: hyphen

Are we not to hyphen well-developed, well-nourished? 
hyphen use - please sm
Subject: hyphen use - please sm

injuring the left shoulder and I fear he retore his rotator cuff


would it be retore or re-tore????


Looks wierd either way I look at it. = )  Tx.


Does this need a hyphen?
Subject: Does this need a hyphen?

Normal appearing cervix  or Normal-appearing cervix?
Yes it needs a hyphen NM
Subject: Yes it needs a hyphen NM


No hyphen
Subject: No hyphen

x
no hyphen
Subject: no hyphen

status post
Latin phrase meaning state or condition after or following.
Do not italicize. Do not hyphenate.(pg 373 AAMT BOS)
When status post is used, place a space between post and the word or phrase
following it.
status post hysterectomy
Left 5th toe gangrene, status post forefoot amputation.