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Merops
medicus
medical terminology
Consistency of presentation of medical terms is
critical to many publishing or coordinating bodies, and pharmaceutical
companies. Merops medicus automatically
corrects or marks-up pathogens, conditions, doses and drug names.
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Streamertail, also known as a Doctorbird, because its tail feathers evoke
the tailcoats of a nineteenth-century physician
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Conditions
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Merops
medicus identifies the names of medical conditions. This
enables consistent use of terminology, and correct use of case, e.g.
‘Alzheimer Disease’ is usually referred to as ‘Alzheimer’s disease’.
Publisher guidelines may favour certain variants
of a disease name: ‘Ramsay Hunt auricular syndrome’ and ‘Ramsay Hunt
syndrome type I’ are the same, as is ‘herpes zoster oticus’. The preferred
standard can be enforced, or listed with its synonyms to avoid ambiguity.
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Pathogens
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Viral pathogens used to be presented as proper
nouns, e.g. Rhinovirus, but can be typed by authors in all lower case or
all upper case in headings and titles. Recently taxonomists have generally
been of the view that viruses are organisms, and therefore their naming
convention falls within the Linnaean system of classification. This
dictates that scientific names of genera and species are shown in italics. Merops
medicus can enforce this (Rhinovirus in the example)
or an alternative standard.
Bacterial and fungal pathogens follow the
Linnaean taxonomic convention, so again Merops medicus
can be used to ensure consistency of pathogens such as Bacillus anthracis and Paracoccidioides brasiliensis.
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Anatomy
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Merops
medicus includes a growing list of Latin and English
anatomical terms, ensuring consistency.
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