Guest guest Posted August 25, 2003 Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 This is for an oncology follow up and describing results of a CT of the chest " subcentimeric " lymph nodes Any help appreciate. TIA, Gai Man was created first, but...woman was perfected " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2003 Report Share Posted August 26, 2003 There is subcentromeric but it refers to regions in chromosomes. I presume that maybe he/she is meaning lymph nodes that are less than a centimeter in size, and in that case I would probably go with subcentimeter lymph nodes. Quixote IS THIS A WORD > This is for an oncology follow up and describing results of a CT of the chest " subcentimeric " lymph nodes > > Any help appreciate. > > TIA, > Gai > Man was created first, but...woman was perfected " > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2003 Report Share Posted August 26, 2003 Thanks to all. IS THIS A WORD This is for an oncology follow up and describing results of a CT of the chest " subcentimeric " lymph nodes Any help appreciate. TIA, Gai Man was created first, but...woman was perfected " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2003 Report Share Posted August 26, 2003 Hi Gai, " Sub " is one of those handy-dandy prefixes we can add (according to BOS) to create a new word without hyphenating, thus subanything goes. Unless it doesn't. Actually that raises a point for me. BOS says " Use a hyphen following a prefix to avoid an awkward combination of letters and when it will assist in reading and pronunciation. re-x-rayed (but x-rayed again is preferred) co-workers re-emphasize We then re-introduced the scope. " Yet things like " reinspected " are okay. They even use " reimburse " as an example. Why are they any less awkward than " reintroduce? " Lynn Re: IS THIS A WORD Thanks to all. IS THIS A WORD This is for an oncology follow up and describing results of a CT of the chest " subcentimeric " lymph nodes Any help appreciate. TIA, Gai Man was created first, but...woman was perfected " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2003 Report Share Posted August 26, 2003 Can I ever identify with this...we ought to let BOS writers know how we feel. Aliceanne At 06:53 AM 8/26/2003 -0700, you wrote: >Hi Gai, > > " Sub " is one of those handy-dandy prefixes we can add (according to BOS) to >create a new word without hyphenating, thus subanything goes. Unless it >doesn't. > >Actually that raises a point for me. BOS says " Use a hyphen following a >prefix to avoid an awkward combination of >letters and when it will assist in reading and pronunciation. >re-x-rayed (but x-rayed again is preferred) >co-workers >re-emphasize >We then re-introduced the scope. " > >Yet things like " reinspected " are okay. They even use " reimburse " as an >example. Why are they any less awkward than " reintroduce? " > >Lynn > > > > Re: IS THIS A WORD > > >Thanks to all. > IS THIS A WORD > > > This is for an oncology follow up and describing results of a CT of the >chest " subcentimeric " lymph nodes > > Any help appreciate. > > TIA, > Gai > Man was created first, but...woman was perfected " > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2003 Report Share Posted August 26, 2003 Same here. Rennie www.renesue.com NMTC List Wrangler http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NMTC Re: IS THIS A WORD Hi, I am thinking it is a made up word. I type subcentimeter all the time and have yet to document it as a word, but we use in our Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2003 Report Share Posted August 26, 2003 I think that this is entirely subjective. I'll typically only hyphen when the meaning could be misinterpreted. Like: redress Would redress mean to remedy, to set right or to reapply a dressing? I will transcribe re-dress when the dictator is speaking of reapplying a dressing. Reemphasize sits just fine with me, as does coworkers. Anyway, this is a subjective call that the MT has to make, IMHO. It's one of those gray areas where professional judgment comes into play. Are we having fun yet? Rennie www.renesue.com NMTC List Wrangler http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NMTC RE: IS THIS A WORD Hi Gai, " Sub " is one of those handy-dandy prefixes we can add (according to BOS) to create a new word without hyphenating, thus subanything goes. Unless it doesn't. Actually that raises a point for me. BOS says " Use a hyphen following a prefix to avoid an awkward combination of letters and when it will assist in reading and pronunciation. re-x-rayed (but x-rayed again is preferred) co-workers re-emphasize We then re-introduced the scope. " Yet things like " reinspected " are okay. They even use " reimburse " as an example. Why are they any less awkward than " reintroduce? " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2003 Report Share Posted August 26, 2003 Ok, so what is general consensus, of those who reply, regarding reevaluate vs. re-evaluation? I would always put a hyphen between vowels, like I would with anti-inflammatory vs. antiinflammatory. Ramona RE: IS THIS A WORD Hi Gai, " Sub " is one of those handy-dandy prefixes we can add (according to BOS) to create a new word without hyphenating, thus subanything goes. Unless it doesn't. Actually that raises a point for me. BOS says " Use a hyphen following a prefix to avoid an awkward combination of letters and when it will assist in reading and pronunciation. re-x-rayed (but x-rayed again is preferred) co-workers re-emphasize We then re-introduced the scope. " Yet things like " reinspected " are okay. They even use " reimburse " as an example. Why are they any less awkward than " reintroduce? " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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