Jon Patrick wrote: > We are working on a set of clinical notes where the language in the > notes is different to the language in the classification scheme, in this > case ICD9. The following words appear in ICD9 with a 'a' ending yet in > our notes will sometimes have an 's' ending. I have made a search of > Google and found all these words that can be found with an 's' ending > and only a few don't. > Can anyone give me an explanation for the different meanings for the two > different morphologies and a description of what contexts you would use > each of them in. > The word list is only the words in the notes we are using - there are > other examples e.g silicosia/silicosis
You need to check with an ancient Greek scholar (eg Matty Farrow), but I dimly recall that Greek nouns ending in -ia or -y denoted an abstract act or state, whereas nouns ending in -sis indicated a concrete act or a process. But my ancient Greek is *very* rusty... > anorexia - no match No, anoresis is not a word. > hyperplasia - -is > asthma - no match > pyrexia - -is pyresis - rarely used? > spina - no match > dyspnea - -s Oi, where did the diphthong go? It is spelt "dyspnoea", thank you very much, here in Oz. > pneumonia - -is ?pneumonis? or do you mean pneumonitis? -itis indicates inflammation. > hypoplasia - -is hypoplasia would be much more commonly used to indicate then state eg "evidence of hypoplasia" whereas hypopasis might rarely be used to indicate the act or transition: "the tissue is undergoing hypoplasis" > bifida - -is but not the same concept > proteinuria - -is ?proteinuris? or do you mean proteinurisis? But proteinuria would be more commonly used. Hmmm, diuresis and diuretic are in common use, but diuria is never used. There is probably no strict rule about whether the -ia form or the -isis form have come into common use. Again, one says "She is experiencing anuresis" or "She has anuria" or perhaps "She is in [a state of] anuria". > aperta - no match > hyperpyrexia - -is hyperpyresis is used. > albuminuria - -is > hematuria - -is That's haematuria, please! As per proteinurisis, diuresis, enuresis etc. > pyelectasia - is pyelectasis - yes, that would be more commonly used than pyelectasia I would think. We have Galen to thank for all this... Tim C _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
