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Brainstem or brain stem? - Fatigued Fingers
Posted: Apr 29, 2011
It is 1 or 2 words? I find data to support both. The context in which it is used is "brain stem infarction."
Brainstem - Lannie
[ In Reply To ..]Stedman's Neurology & Neurosurgical words has it as brainstem.
Brainstem or brain stem? - Fatigued Fingers
[ In Reply To ..]Thanks, Lannie. That's one of the books I have on my list to get.
Stedman's Dictionary - sm
[ In Reply To ..]If Stedman is a reference you trust and go to, did you know you can search it on-line?
http://www.drugs.com/medical_dictionary.html#a2z
Maybe that will be a bit quicker, until you get the hard copy book.
Good luck.
brainstem. NM - anon
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