Question

Part A

Many medical terms are listed as “commonly misspelled words.” Discuss two strategies for recognizing correctly and incorrectly spelled terms and suggest two ways to avoid making mistakes in spelling.

Part B

People in science and health care professions often use medical eponyms - terms that are named after people. Research medical eponyms and contribute at least 2 for the whole class to learn. Your terms should not duplicate those of other students who have already responded to this discussion. Provide a brief description of each eponym and tell where you acquired the terms.

Answer 1

Part A

Correctly spelled VS incorrectly spelled

Affective- effective

Abscesses- absesses

Enuresis - anuresis

Elicit - illicit

Diaphragm- diaphram

Ilium- ileum

Perfusion- profusion

Cirrhosis- cirrosis

Ways to avoid spelling mistakes

• Watch carefully for double letter words and practice it
• Learn standard pronunciations for frequently misspelled words

Part B

Eponyms:

1. Alzheimer's disease- named against the pathologist and psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer, who developed silver stains and identified amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles
2. Cushing's disease: Harvey cushing published Pituitary observations and discovered basophilic adenoma of pituitary, which later known as Cushing's disease

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