Re: Learning clinical trial jargon?
Here's a more recent version of the same glossary:
http://www.cdisc.org/glossary/clinicalterminologyv4.pdf
You might also find helpful this list of acronyms, abbreviations and
initials:
www.cdisc.org/glossary/Acronymsv4.pdf
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John Uebersax PhD
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- Re: Volume 8 - Peter Ledger illustrations
... calling them abbreviations would be less ... Although acronyms are abbreviations, saying they are not ... They are merely initials, like IBM or AT&T. ...
(rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated) - Re: and
... The basic reason to use most markup is to ... content for abbreviations and acronyms, but as you can imagine that ... I would have to ask the questioner. ...
(alt.html) - Re: Apostrophes in abbreviated plurals
... with an apostrophe or sometimes a hyphen. ... Today most people on the Net consider that acronyms and abbreviations ... I don't think "CD's" can be considered obsolete yet, but obsolescent, yes. ...
(alt.usage.english) - Re: LMA/Ancestry
... of commentators believe that acronyms can be differentiated from other abbreviations in being pronounceable as words. ... I would argue a little with M-W because Chambers describes an acronym as "a word formed from, or based on, the initial letters or syllables of other words" and gives RADAR as an example, whereas for abbreviation it says `part of a word written or printed for the whole." ... I would contend that the use of the word "word" in the former definition is crucial, Chambers own definition of that being "a unit of spoken language." ...
(soc.genealogy.britain) - Re: Rudeney already voted.
... Changes in language are quite interesting. ... because of all the different cultures involved in forming our particular ... More abbreviations have crept into my E-communications over the last few ... The fact is I was not the only one confused by her acronyms. ...
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