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swan neck deformity - Tracey


Posted: Oct 18, 2010

Is there a hyphen between swan and neck?

My Opinion - MT

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I would say yes, you are describing the particular deformity. One could say, patient has a swan neck," but to specifically use deformity, "patient has a swan-neck deformity."

swan-neck according to Stedman's - orthogirl

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