pan- is a prefix, so it is part of the word, not a separate word
Posted By: MT131 on 2008-02-15
In Reply to: Pandiverticulosis or pan diverticulosis? - JSligh
Subject: pan- is a prefix, so it is part of the word, not a separate word
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It is one word, "trans" is a prefix.
Subject: It is one word, "trans" is a prefix.
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Subject: My Stedman's spell check comes back with pro embolic (2 separate words). Pro is a word in itself as is embolic. Hope this helps.
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Subject: Because sometimes the last part of the word before
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Subject: Word help please - part of PE
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Subject: Could part of the word be "flow"? nm
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Subject: i would like to know if i put the right word on the quoted part.
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Subject: How about metaphyseal..maybe you missed the first part of the word
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Subject: It's too late, I know, but I agree that no comma is needed here. The part following the word
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Subject: oops.. the colon part is him micromanaging but the last word "birentalin"
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Subject: Per Stedman's Path/Lab, Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia, one word for the second part. Nm
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Subject: I'm thinking it is phallus word form but the last part totally throws me
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Subject: Might be stumbling over the word "gross" and repeating the word gross visual fields.
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Subject: one word in Stedman's cardiology and The Surgical Word Book
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Subject: It's a real word, with cholera being the root word. nm
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Subject: Can you hear the word "on" before the word inspiration?
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
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which prefix to use
Subject: which prefix to use
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Subject: word help.....english word
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Subject: Need word help. Is there a "phobia" word sm
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pan is a prefix and does not stand alone
Subject: pan is a prefix and does not stand alone
pandiverticulitis
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Subject: BOS 2 says re as a prefix does not need a hyphen...sm
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trans is prefix that is used denoting across, through, beyond; etc. nm
Subject: trans is prefix that is used denoting across, through, beyond; etc. nm
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Subject: A Prefix total knee system. sm
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Subject: Medical prefix/suffix website posted recently
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Subject: not a word question but word book question
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Is there more of the sentence? The 'que' part might be part of a dosage like q.12, etc. nm
Subject: Is there more of the sentence? The 'que' part might be part of a dosage like q.12, etc. nm
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They are separate. sm
Subject: They are separate. sm
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Separate them. nm
Subject: Separate them. nm
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Subject: It should be separate, SAD/DCR or SAD-DCR, or SAD, DCR
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Subject: No they do not go together. Separate
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2-part, 3-part, or 4-part possibly - nm
Subject: 2-part, 3-part, or 4-part possibly - nm
I personally would just separate
Subject: I personally would just separate
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Subject: Ugh..can you separate your s/l into syllables for us, please? Thx. nm
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Subject: Well, BOS pg 12 says use a comma to separate 2 or
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Can you separate your s/l into syllables for us? nm
Subject: Can you separate your s/l into syllables for us? nm
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Yes, 2 separate items. nm
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Subject: No they are three separate views.
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Subject: I believe tumor is separate...
"s/l H nerve, tumor, or other..."
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Subject: Seems like that goes with Nystatin and not a separate drug -
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it is prothrombin time, to separate....sm
Subject: it is prothrombin time, to separate....sm
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Sorry. Put answer on separate entry. nm
Subject: Sorry. Put answer on separate entry. nm
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