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Scotomata plural or single or can it be used for both - sharon
Posted: Jun 01, 2015
scotomata is this singular or plural or can it be used for both. Having problems with this one. Thank you.
Med-Lexicon is a great resource - sm
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According to Med-Lexicon, scotoma is singular and scotomata is plural.
http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php
This is why it is such a shame - xx
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no one studies Greek and Latin anymore. So many words, and not just medical words, entered English from the classical languages and retain their original singular/plural formation, but very few people know how to do that. Sad.
LOL - XXX
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