medspeak

[Mark Mandel]

I suppose this exemplifies the influence of a speaker's dialect on
what s/he feels needs clarification. My sister tells me that spelling
the everyday word but not the jargon is so common among medical
dictators that it's a standing joke with transcriptionists.

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Ok, I know this phrase, but many MTs would not.

> a #34 Carpentier-Edwards tricuspid ring

So the doc dictates it and then says, "That's R-I-N-G".

Gotta love it. HAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

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Mark Mandel

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