"endorse" as medicalese for '(patient) report (symptom)'

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Feb 13, 2009, at 9:21 AM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

> Might it be "endorse" replacing "present", as in "the patient
> presented a headache"?

i wasn't aware of this use of "present" until this moment; "present
with" is what i'm used to hearing in medical jargon.  but now i see
that the OED has both uses in medical contexts: intransitive
"present", both of symptoms/conditions and of patients, transitive
"present with" of patients.

arnold

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