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Phaco blade-capitalized? - SMB

Posted: Jan 26, 2010

Does anyone know whether "phaco" as in "phaco blade" is capitalized or not? Is there a chance it would be one word: phacoblade? Thank you so much for your response in advance!!!

phaco blade - ld

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It is 2 words. I have seen it both capitalized and uncapitalized. I do mostly ophthalmology, and my clients prefer it as lower case unless the brand in mentioned first. Hope that helps.

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