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Joint line vs. jointline/joint space vs. jointspace... - sw

Posted: Sep 16, 2014

I've seen these (and used these) words both ways interchangeably and my boss has never said anything, but I was wondering which was correct... or if these are the type of words that can go either way depending on how they are used in the sentence.

I appreciate any help/views you all have. I've seen it both ways online and in my old textbooks.

Thanks!

I have never typed either of those as one-word words - in my 30+ working years

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I also have never seen jointline or jointspace as one-word words, either in books or online.

Where online do you see these as one word? I Googled and every hit turns both into two words. No hits of either being one word.

40 years, never seen or used jointline nor jointspace. - rad trans all them years. sm

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The only "JOINTLINE" I find on the internet are proper names for compainies, etc.

Same with "JOINTSPACE" - as in the name of sotware, etc.

I'd love to know the name of your old textbooks where you saw these terms used in this way(and what school uses that textbook). I'd be dinged QA every rad job I have had in my years if I one-worded those.

Every one of my radiology, orthopedics, and radiology onchology steadman's states 2 words, as does my Taber's Med Dictionary and (the bible) my Dorlands (huge red) Physician's Desk reference.

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