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Hyphenate this word? - ragdoll


Posted: Apr 20, 2010

Do you think "colostomy deep" should be hyphenated in the following sentence:

"The soft tissue and the bowel lumen measure 8 cm in length and have a 6 x 3.5 cm margin of the colostomy deep to the subcutaneous tissue."

The phrase colostomy deep doesn't make sense to me.

Thanks.

 

No. - nm

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no hyphen - - - comma

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"The soft tissue and the bowel lumen measure 8 cm in length and have a 6 x 3.5-cm margin of the colostomy, deep to the subcutaneous tissue."

Thanks a million - ragdoll

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