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Kristin Lennox · Flight Attendant Joined: 30 Apr 2011 Posts: 858

I'm in the middle of a HEE-UGE project (over 100,000 words) -- it's a medical textbook, and I have a company database to look up all the challenging words...

But on one slide, the directions say "Spell out the abbreviations and read their meanings," and there are abbreviations like "BCC -- basal cell carcinoma," etc.

There are also abbreviations like "decub -- decubitus ulcer" and "subcu -- subcutaneous"... do you think I should still spell those out, or would you read them?

I put the question in to the PTB, but the chain to get a simple question answered is long and tedious -- I cut it both ways, but I want to put one in as a place holder till they get back to me.

WWTVO-BBD?

Thanks!
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Diane Maggipinto · Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 8:26 am Post subject:

i would say, for example, "de-cube" and sub-cue" -- that was my first inclination ...

good luck, doc!
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Lapianoman · Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 10:22 am Post subject:

I agree with Diane. Years ago, I remember asking my wife to explain what "sub-q" fluids were. (She works as a veterinarian technician.)
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Bish · Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 11:05 am Post subject:

I asked my med-student step-daughter... she agrees with the previous comments.
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Kristin Lennox · Flight Attendant Joined: 30 Apr 2011 Posts: 858

Thank you all! I'm STILL waiting on a decision, but at least I feel pretty confident that I sent in what was wanted.

Three chapters down, neck-deep in Chapter 4 -- the musculoskeletal system.

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ConnieTerwilliger · Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 2:51 pm Post subject:

Could they possibly mean spell out acronyms - and read common abbreviations as written - then do the meanings.
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Jeffrey Kafer · Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 8:56 pm Post subject:

Don't guess. Wait for the publisher to give you the final word on it. If they keep stalling, remind them that this is a work-stoppage issue and further delays on their end push the date of completion out.
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