Medical Terminology / Unit 1 MedTerm 0044 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Error: Adding an English s to a Latin Singular
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The idea
Adding an English s to a Latin or Greek singular produces a form that is wrong in charts and returns nothing in a database search.
In practice
Bronchuses, vertebras, and diagnosises are not terms.
Where people slip
When the plural is uncertain, the singular is always safe. Rewrite around it.
Your place on the trail
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