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'neurofroamen' or 'neural foramen' - Sami

Posted: Aug 15, 2010

Is there really a difference between 'neuroforamen' or 'neural foramen' or does it just depend on your client instructions?

neural foramen - is the correct form

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the other is not correct.

yes, one is a word, one is not. - mt2long

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common mistake tho

proper use of combining form, it is a word, just not the standard usage - xoxo

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if dictated that way, your doctor wants it that way. It is the same as tarsometatarsal versus metatarsotarsal, both words, one usage common, the other isn't, but both are proper usage of medical terminolgy basics. Just because it isn't in a "dictionary" doesn't make it not a word, as long as its proper usage of medical terminology basics.

proper use of - combining form

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"Neuro" cannot be correctly combined with foramen because the foramen itself is not a nervous structure.

"Neural" is used to characterize the foramen in this case.

so using your explanation, cardiothoracic is not a word - xoxo

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because the thorax is not a cardiac structure?

I am just trying to understand this reasoning.

cardiothoracic is fine - see message

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because it relates to the heart and chest. You wouldn't say "cardiothorax", for example, as it doesn't make sense.

Similarly, you can say distal septum but not distoseptum.

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