Re: Gen: Medical Records
From: Joe (forcep@intercom.net)
Mon Jun 23 15:49:59 2008
My favorites are fetal distress and nonreassuring. How could we
have created such significant and meaningful terms? Oh, I remember. We
created the machines and needed some justifications for the capital
outlay. Joe C
> No controversy over Biweekly. It means every 2 weeks. Semiweekly is
> twice a week.
>
> Dan
>
> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Charlie Chambers
> <cchamber@embarqmail.com <mailto:cchamber@embarqmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Funny, how certain words and phrases become "pet peeves" for
> doctors. Here's the list of words/phrases from residency that was
> sure to attract attention.
>
> 1. Irregardless
> 2. Inflammable vs. flammable.
> 3. Bi-weekly
> 4. Incidental
> 5. Failed vs. unsuccessful
> 6. Fetal distress vs. Nonreassuring
> 7. Seized vs. convulsed.
>
> The list goes on.
>
> On Jun 23, 2008, at 9:52 AM, DoctorJoe@aol.com
> <mailto:DoctorJoe@aol.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> In a message dated 6/23/08 10:40:28 AM, rd.braun@gmail.com
>> <mailto:rd.braun@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> As the dictionary says it is an ERRONEOUS word.
>>
>> • an erroneous redundancy for regardless.
>> http://www.iolani.honolulu.hi.us/Keables/KeablesGuide/PartThree/Letters/I.htm
>> <http://www.iolani.honolulu.hi.us/Keables/KeablesGuide/PartThree/Letters/I.htm>
>> • regardless; a combination of irrespective and
>> regardless sometimes used humorously
>> wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
>> <http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn>
>> • Irregardless is a term that has caused controversy
>> since it first appeared in the early twentieth century. It is
>> generally listed in dictionaries as "non-standard".
>> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irregardless
>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irregardless>
>>
>> Sounds like fun to me.
>>
>> Joe P.
>>
>
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> important
> that you do it....You must be the change you wish to see in the world"
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> R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG(L) ABMP CMTh
> Professor Emeritus
> Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology
> Indiana U. School of Medicine
>
> R. Daniel Braun
>
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