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This is a middle-aged to elderly-aged Caucasian woman. - Hyphens right?


Posted: Jul 23, 2012

This is a middle-aged to elderly-aged Caucasian woman in no acute distress. 

If dictated the way you have it, then... - (see message)

[ In Reply To ..]
...yes, that's how I would do it, too.

Some hyphen rules state that you don't use them if the word ends in "LY," but I've read that that only applies if the "LY" word is an adverb, like a "quickly receding hairline" or "slowly increasing lab values," so there may be some difference of opinion on that.

If the doctor had dictated it like: "This is a middle- to elderly-aged Caucasian woman....," then that's how I would type it.

Being age 56, I guess this is the category I fall into!!??? :-D

Funny :) Thanks for your help! - :)

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:)


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