"preventative"

[Dave Hause]

Some years ago I had a consultation from a cardiovascular pathologist about
an enlarged heart in which he used the term "dilatated" in about a half
dozen places.  He was annoyed when I used a red pen and crossed out all his
extra "AT"s and sent it back to me wanting changes.  When I went through
again and made all the words read "dilatatated" he was REALLY mad because he
finally figured out I was making fun of him.
Dave Hause, dwhause at jobe.net
Ft. Leonard Wood, MO
----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas G. Wilson" <douglas at NB.NET>

Similarly (I guess): "dilatation" vs. "dilation".