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Does what I think I'm hearing make sense? - joy
Posted: Mar 29, 2010
Does the following sentence make sense? If so, what does it mean?
Thyroid ultrasound was performed gratis for realtime visualization.
Thanks!
Hmmmmm - dsauverwald
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Well, gratis means to provide goods or services without compensation. The rest of the sentence makes sense, but the word gratis seems out of place and is the only word making that sentence not make sense. If the doctor meant that the thyroid ultrasound was performed free of charge then it would make sense, but not too sure why he would say that as I am sure health insurance covers the cost!?! Even the word gratus; pleasing, acceptable, agreeable, welcome, dear, beloved, grateful, thankful - would not make sense. I would leave flag this for sure.
Sorry I couldn't provide any more insight on this.
Was a procedure being performed... - JoyLynn
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...and therefore ultrasound was performed "throughout this" for real-time visualization??? Just a thought.
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