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nontoxic appearing or nontoxic-appearing - hab

Posted: Jul 28, 2014

Is it nontoxic-appaering or nontoxic appearing..... hyphen or no hyphen???

nontoxic appearing or nontoxic-appearing - oldmt

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If it is "nontoxic appearing" alone with no noun after, as in "The patient is nontoxic appearing," no hypen.

If a noun follows, such as, "He is a nontoxic-appearing patient," then include the hyphen. Hope this helps!

must be hyphen studies for the students this week - NM

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Here is an example... - hab

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General: Alert, no apparent distress noted. Nontoxic appearing.

That is how my boss has it in the template but, personally, i think it should be like this..... (because all of these are implying the "patient" even though the noun is not actually there.

General: Alert, no apparent distress noted, nontoxic-appearing.

hyphens - MT

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That's how I feel about it. I use a hyphen with the word appearing but I don't use a hyphen if it is something like "The patient is well developed, well nourished." Is there a formal rule on this?

Nontoxic-appearing is a compound modifier - Depends

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If a noun comes after it, the dash is between them: "Nontoxic-appearing patient."

If not, no dash: "The patient is nontoxic appearing."

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