Medical Terminology / Unit 15 MedTerm 0969 short lesson, about 20 seconds
MS as an Ambiguous Abbreviation
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The idea
The abbreviation MS is error-prone because it stands for more than one substance and for a neurological condition.
In practice
The recommendation is that the full name is written out in every case.
Where people slip
This is the clearest documented case of one abbreviation carrying several unrelated meanings.
Your place on the trail
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