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Spelling Test ja2302med_lang.qxd 4/2/2004 10:20 AM Page 60 MEDICAL LANGUAG E John H. Dirckx, MD hypoglossal nerves. Impairment form. Thus, we write abdominal of either of these nerves causes (from the genitive abdominis), not Is it correct to transcribe partial or complete paralysis of abdomenal; cervical (from the geni- the dictated phrase “cranial the muscles on that side of the tive cervicis), not cervixal; gas- nerves II-XII intact bilaterally” tongue. As a result, an attempt to troscopy (from gastros, the genitive exactly that way? stick out the tongue results in a form of the Greek noun gaster), deviation toward the weak or not gasteroscopy; and so on. paralyzed side. Hence, if the per- Partly because classical lan- Yes. This is a recurring son being examined is able to guages are no longer part of the standard formula used by physi- protrude the tongue in the mid- standard academic curriculum, cians in the dictation of physical line, the examiner concludes that such traditions are gradually examination findings and is per- both hypoglossal nerves are func- being lost. Currently, compound fectly correct in every way. tioning (“intact bilaterally”). words come into use either as The cranial nerves are paired. Incidentally, the first pair http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of the American Association for Medical Transcription Wolters Kluwer Health

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ja2302med_lang.qxd 4/2/2004 10:20 AM Page 60 MEDICAL LANGUAG E John H. Dirckx, MD hypoglossal nerves. Impairment form. Thus, we write abdominal of either of these nerves causes (from the genitive abdominis), not Is it correct to transcribe partial or complete paralysis of abdomenal; cervical (from the geni- the dictated phrase “cranial the muscles on that side of the tive cervicis), not cervixal; gas- nerves II-XII intact bilaterally” tongue. As a result, an attempt to troscopy (from gastros, the genitive exactly that way? stick out the tongue results in a form of the Greek noun gaster), deviation toward the weak or not gasteroscopy; and so on. paralyzed side. Hence, if the per- Partly because classical lan- Yes. This is a recurring son being examined is able to guages are no longer part of the standard formula used by physi- protrude the tongue in the mid- standard academic curriculum, cians in the dictation of physical line, the examiner concludes that such traditions are gradually examination findings and is per- both hypoglossal nerves are func- being lost. Currently, compound fectly correct in every way. tioning (“intact bilaterally”). words come into use either as The cranial nerves are paired. Incidentally, the first pair

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Journal of the American Association for Medical Transcription – Wolters Kluwer Health

Published: Mar 1, 2004

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