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dilatation versus dilation - cold and snowy

Posted: Dec 27, 2010

Can someone please explain difference to me? A little confused about these two. Thanks!

If you look them up, they mean the same. - NM

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I did, however, QA told me I used it incorrectly and should know the difference? - cold and snowy

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Only way it would be used incorrectly I would think - sm

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is if you misheard the one used and used the other. Ask them what the difference is.

your QA is stupid - and impolite

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one is a noun and one is a verb - happy mt

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ooops not noun - happy MT

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Sorry! My brain is still trying to recover from the holidays hahaha

Dilation is an adjective: The state of being dilated.

Dilatation: The action of dilating.

Both are nouns, and they are synonyms. - LK

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According to Stedman's Medical Dictionary, they are synonyms and can be used interchangeably. I'd be curious to hear what that QA person has to say is the difference between the two, because there isn't one.

agree - nouns and synonyms

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not synonyms always - tired of winter

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Dilation is a state of something like "dilated cervix"

Dilatation is the act of dilating something with an instrument etc...

Sometimes they can be interchanged but other times they cannot. It depends on the sentence and how it is used.

What reference tells you this? - LK

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Both the BOS and Stedman's medical dictionary state they are synonymous and can be used interchangeably. That's good enough for me. Basically, I use whatever is dictated. I've never been questioned on this, and if I were I would point to Stedman's and the BOS as my backup.

3 different companies - tired of winter

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have told me this. I was told by different QA from 3 different companies on how to use these two as I have always mixed them up. One said the dictionary may say they are interchangeable but a GOOD transcriptionist knows the difference. Guess I wasn't a "good" transcriptionist lol....after being told that it just kind of stuck so now I use one as a verb (shrug)

They ARE the same and interchangeable--SM - CM

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It's the same with disk and disc ... they're interchangeable, yet some places are dead said against using one or the other in certain circumstances. They're displaying their lack of knowledge, not yours. They're the same.

dilation/dilatation - see message

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No matter how you slice it, dilatation/dilation is never a verb. You cannot conjugate it.
The verb would be dilate.

Regardless, they are synonyms.

QA is not infallible. - LK

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They are sometimes wrong. My approach to QA is that if they tell me something is wrong, I want a reference that backs it up. Just because they say it doesn't make it so. They make mistakes just like everyone does.

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