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Is "sugar tong" hyphenated? - sugar tong splint

Posted: Feb 14, 2011

Thank you.

I never hyphenate it...sm - GT

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even though sugar describes what kind of tong, I don't know of another type of "tong" splint other than sugar, so I never hyphenate it. I'm sure there are others who do hyphenate, however.

Sugar-tong - INMT

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Yes, if it is describing something, i.e., sugar-tong splint. If the patient was put into a sugar tong and will return,, then no.. I do believe that is correct...

This is correct - no1joe

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Stedmans Ortho & Rehab has it hyphenated. All examples in Stedmans are used as an adj., i.e., sugar-tong splint. If used as a noun, no hyphen. Have fun!

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