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Reproductive Medicine/Obgyn:
[NOUN] patient
Transplantation [VERB] undergo
Graft Graft was performed Grafting was performed/graft
implantation was performed/ grafts
were implanted/skin was grafted/She
received a skin graft/The surgeon can
graft skin onto the knee
[NOUN] patency
Cardioplegia Infuse (A [VERB] induce
cardioplegic solution is infused).
Cardiopulmonary bypass performed [VERB] establish
Catheter
[VERB]advance/introduce/insert/place
(with a location reference)
Fontan circulation [VERB] establish
Anatomy:
Nephrology:
Gastroenterology:
Surgery:
Case experience
[VERB] encounter
Complicated patients [NOUN] cases
Bleeding (is) ceased [VERB] (is) controlled/reduced
Breathing [VERB] through
(nose/mouth/artificial equipment)
[ADJECTIVE] spontaneous
Survey • A nationwide survey of • A nationwide survey
Japanese nursery schools conducted among Japanese
• A nationwide survey nursery schools
regarding the nutritional • A nationwide survey of the
habits nutritional habits
Viral infection HIV virus infection HIV infection
Diagnosis Find [VERB] make, establish, confirm
[VERB] take
Image
[VERB, transitive] acquire
[ADJECTIVE] nosocomial,
opportunistic, zoonotic
Injection give [VERB] receive, administer
Involvement (in reference [PREPOSITION] "in" (e.g., "cardiac
to organs affected in involvement in myasthenia gravis is
illness) rare.")
Lifestyle [ADJECTIVE] sedentary, active
Lymph nodes [ADJECTIVE] positive, enlarged,
swollen, metastatic
[PREPOSITION] for
Present (verb, when used [PREPOSITION] to, at (a hospital),
with "patient") with (a symptom, not clinical values
or levels)
Prognosis Perform/obtain
[ADJECTIVE] good, poor
[NOUN] disease
[VERB] predict
Pulse rate [PREPOSITION] of Avoid: "the patient had a
tachycardia/bradycardia of X
beats/min"
[NOUN] rate
Hematology:
Cancer:
Dentistry:
Radiology:
Veterinary Sciences:
Ophthalmology:
Anesthesiology
Intraoperative hemodynamic
parameters/variables were
stable.
Pain improved Pain reduced/alleviated
Stenosis (a narrowing or …was passed through the …was passed through the
constriction of the diameter of a stenosis stenotic site
bodily passage or orifice)
Intraoperative probes/monitors monitoring for heart rate (HR), Heart rate (HR), saturation of
saturation of peripheral oxygen peripheral oxygen (SpO2), non-
(SpO2), non-invasive blood invasive blood pressure, and end
pressure, and end tidal carbon- tidal carbon-dioxide
dioxide was attached in the monitors/probes were attached
operating room in the operating room
ENT:
Neuropathology:
Clinical Psychiatry:
Sleep Science:
Computational Neuroscience:
Tumors/neoplasms: (any
abnormal mass of tissue or
swelling) may be benign or
malignant
Tracheotomy: Creation of an
opening through the neck into
the breathing tube (trachea) in
order to bypass the mouth and
throat. Commonly used when
significant obstruction exists
above the level of the voice box
or when the voice box is
removed due to cancer.
Aberration vs Ablation Aberration
Distortions, related to
astigmatism , that cause the
inability of light rays entering the
eye to converge (come together)
to a single focus point on the
retina . Aberration are divided
into two main categories: higher-
order and lower-order.
Ablation
Surgical removal of tissue,
typically using a cool beam laser
Otolaryngologist vs Otologist vs Otolaryngologist: A
Audiologist physician/surgeon who
specializes in diseases of the
ears, nose, throat, and head and
neck.
Otologist: A physician/surgeon
who specializes in diseases of the
ear.
Subconscious: thoughts or
actions of which a person is not
directly aware.
Dura mater vs gray matter Dura mater: CNS membrane
Contralateral: on or relating to
the opposite side of the body
Spine vs spinal cord Spine: A series of vertebrae
running from the skull to the
lower back
Dysphasia: Difficulty
understanding written or spoken
words due to brain injury
Hemiparesis vs hemiplegia Hemiparesis: Weakness on one
side of the body
• All-cause mortality
• Foetal distress
• Planning target volume
• Activities of daily living (shouldn’t be changed to activities of daily life, daily activities, daily life
activities or anything of the sort)
• Quality of life (shouldn’t be changed to life quality)
• Low back pain (shouldn’t be changed to lower back pain/pain in the lower back)
• Lumbar roll
• Occult blood/carcinoma etc (occult shouldn’t be changed)
• Cesarean scar pregnancy
• Threatened preterm labour
• Brain/vascular insult
• Surgery-first orthognathic/orthodontic treatment
• Gravida-n, para-n
• Prevalence/indices of overweight; relationship between * and overweight
• A questionnaire/survey was administered
• Treatment-naïve patients
• Caries excavation
• Korean Medicine doctors (KMD)
• Access cavity preparation
• Tooth crowding
• Root canal retreatment
• Dental fear
• Ghost artifacts
• Negative/positive affect
• Patients with stroke
• Control for confounders
• Theory of mind (ToM)
• 10-20 system
• Long Short Term Memory Network (LSTM)
• Essential tremor
• The neural network was trained from scratch.
• Newborn neurons
Commonly used phrasing that is actually incorrect:
Incorrect Correct
Mortality of a condition Mortality associated with a condition
..patient was diagnosed as ..patient was diagnosed with
Pain improved Pain reduced/alleviated
Detected in the biopsy/biopsy was Detected in the biopsy sample/biopsy specimen
obtained/analyzed was obtained/analyzed
Informed consent was waived The requirement for informed consent was waived
Incidence/risk of * therapy Frequency/use of/requirement for * therapy
Drug X was tapered The dose of drug X was tapered
Golden standard/gold standard of diagnosis Gold standard method of diagnosis
Findings were suspicious for X condition Findings were suggestive of X condition
A prognosis was made A prognosis was predicted
Dental pain in teeth Pain in teeth or toothache
Image was low quality Image was of low quality
Findings on the image Findings in the image
The mean follow-up was * months The mean follow-up period was * months….
Percentage of cells Proportion of cells
Microglia consists of Microglia consist of
Our results support that Our results support the
theory/hypothesis/notion/idea that
Activity in the right brain Activity in the right hemisphere of the brain
Observable symptoms Observable signs
Cerebral blood flow in the brain Cerebral blood flow
Cerebral blood flow of a mouse model with Cerebral blood flow in a mouse model of
schizophrenia schizophrenia
…received * injection aimed at narcosis …received * injection for inducing narcosis
…model of chronic pain was prepared …model of chronic pain was established/generated
PCR was run PCR was performed
Mice were executed Mice were killed/sacrificed
Brains were kept for one night Brains were incubated overnight
Cell cultivation Cell culture
Proteins underwent/were subjected to SDS-PAGE Proteins were analyzed using SDS-PAGE
Neuronal cells received transfection with siRNA Neuronal cells were transfected with siRNA
Autonomous nervous system Autonomic nervous system
Blood brain barrier Blood–brain barrier
Brain stem Brainstem
Brain cerebral cortex Cerebral cortex
Disease course was completed Drug course was completed