3.8 (2)

Question 1

Foreign expressions in compound ADJs:

Answer 1

Do NOT hyphenate

in vitro experiments, carcinoma in situ, ex officio member

Question 2

cul-de-sac

Answer 2

foreign expression always hyphenate

Question 3

nondisease-entity modifier

Answer 3

non-disease-entity modifier

a one-word modifier and a prefix. Prefix is hyphenated to communicate a modifying relationship with the entire compound. There is no such thing as “nondisease-entity modifier”

non-inflammatory carcinoma
non-pelvic-inflammatory-disease condition BC non-disease-entity modifier

Question 4

anterior/posterior infarction

Answer 4

anterior-posterior infarction

Add a hyphen if 2 words are equal, complimentary, or contrasting

Question 5

physician, patient confidentiality

Answer 5

physician-patient confidentiality
join 2 words that are equal, complementary, or contrasting

Question 6

blue green eyes

Answer 6

blue-green eyes

Question 7

eponymic names

Answer 7

use a hyphen for multiple word modifiers of disease, operations, instruments, etc.

Question 8

Osgood Schlatter disease

Answer 8

Osgood-Schlatter disease - named for Osgood and Schlatter

Question 9

Chevalier Jackson forceps

Answer 9

retain - named for Chevalier Jackson, U.S. pioneer in bronchoesophagology

Question 10

English units of measure

Answer 10

Hyphenate only when spelled out in full:

3-week history, 2-year-old female, 9-pound 5-ounce baby girl, 2-inch laceration

Question 11

3 cm incision
5-mg dosage
4 x 3 x 2 cm mass

Answer 11

3 cm incision
5 mg dosage
4 x 3 x 2 cm mass

Question 12

blood brain barrier

Answer 12

contrasting or complementary - blood-brain barrier

Question 13

fracture dislocation

Answer 13

complementary: fracture-dislocation

Question 14

Proper nouns and hyphenation

Answer 14

Don’t hyphenate proper nouns of more than one word:
South Dakota residents
United Airlines pilot

Question 15

Verbs formed with a preposition

Answer 15

make up, slow down, follow up:

do not use a hyphen: I am going to make up the test.
He will slow down his exercises next week.

                                 She will follow up with me on Monday. (Verb)

Question 16

Fractions

Answer 16

use hyphens in a compound fraction or when spelling out a fraction:

2-1/2 inches 5-1/3-inch scar three-fourths of the bottle two-thirds of the population

Question 17

RANGES
Do not use a hyphen when one of these phrases is used:c

Answer 17

from… to
pain ranged from 4 to 8
from… through
Bp ranges were from 150 through 180.
between… and
reference range for platelets is between 150,000 and 400,000

Question 18

Use the word “to” in a range if any of these:

Answer 18

either value contains a decimal
either value contains 4 or more digits
either value is negative
either value comes w/ a symbol

Question 19

D: 3 positive to 4 positive edema

Answer 19

T: 3+ to 4+ edema

Question 20

D: “negative 25 to positive 48”

Answer 20

T: -25 to +48

Question 21

D: “4 million to 5 million”

Answer 21

T: $4 million to $5 million

Question 22

verbs formed with a preposition (follow up), but used as a noun:

Answer 22

no hyphenization: she will be seen in followup on Tuesday

Question 23

verbs formed with prepositions (follow up) used as ADJ:

Answer 23

may or may not be hyphenated.

“Follow up” and “Followthrough” become single compounds. This is the trend

follow-up care
His follow-up visit…

Question 24

I am going to take a make up test next week

Answer 24

This one becomes one word “makeup test”, but otherwise i think it would be hyphenated

Question 25

BP was recorded as 120 to 130 over 80 to 90.

Answer 25

BP was recorded as 120-130 over 80-90

Range t/ does not include exceptions

Question 26

Do use a hyphen with a prefix that precedes a proper noun, number or abbrev

Answer 26

trans-Atlantic network
mid-1960s
non-HDL cholesterol

Question 27

Do not use a hyphen when the unabbrev word would have a different meaning:

Answer 27

co-operate v cooperate
re-creation v recreation
re-treat v retreat
un-ionized v unionized

Question 28

awkward combination of letters:

Answer 28

Use a hyphen

bell-like
de-emphasize
ill-looking
re-enter

but

intraarterial

Question 29

suspensive hyphens
2-or-more compounds have a common base

Answer 29

10- to 12-year history
3- to 4- inch incision
full- and split-thickness grafts
1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd-trimester symptoms

Question 30

with a “stand-alone” prefix that is part of a compound

Answer 30

use the base word with each prefix

We will perform a postoperative and preoperative report
not
We will perform a pre and post-operative report

Question 31

B complex vitamins

Answer 31

B-complex vitamins

Question 32

T wave, T wave abnormality

Answer 32

T wave, T-wave abnormality

Question 33

B cell helper

Answer 33

B-cell helper

Question 34

J curve

Answer 34

J curve

Question 35

Z plasty

Answer 35

Z-plasty

Question 36

T shirt

Answer 36

T-shirt

Question 37

I beam

Answer 37

I beam

Question 38

if a letter or number is the second element:

Answer 38

do not hyphenate modifiers
grade A eggs
study 1 protocol
type 2 diabetes mellitus