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Look-Alike and Sound-Alike Names

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Look-alike, sound-alike names are pairs of drug names similar enough in spelling or sound to be confused.

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The abbreviation LASA names this category in safety literature.

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This is the same failure the course met at ileum and ilium, now with names rather than anatomy.