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mid - must it be written with another word or can it be separate or hyphenated? - mel


Posted: Mar 24, 2013

midabdomen or mid abdomen - which would be correct or is either equally correct?

prefixes - research

[ In Reply To ..]
Do not use a hyphen after common prefixes except when they precede a proper noun, a capitalized word, or an abbreviation, page 134 BOS 3 (mid is included in the list)

examples:
antimicrobial
posttraumatic
overproduction
comorbidity
preoperative
perimenopausal

I could not find a hard rule about the use of a space after the use of a prefix.

Mid can stand alone or serve as a prefix..sm - Old Anon

[ In Reply To ..]
BOS-2, page 253.
When used as a prefix, mid is usually connected to the word element without a hyphen, but there are the usual exceptions.

midabdominal mass
midday
midlung field
right midlung
mid to lower lung fields
midpalmar crease
mid and distal palmar creases
mid-Atlantic
mid-90s

I would not hypenate or combine this one - sm

[ In Reply To ..]
It sounds like the dictator is using the word "mid" as an truncated form of the word middle, i.e upper abdomen, mid abdomen and lower abdomen.



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