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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: This week's Type-2 #165749 02/09/2007 2:23 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui Quote: I might say in ward rounds that "knee flexion is a contra-indication" but to my patient I will say "don't bend your knee." Each is a perfectly usable, understandable phrase in it's own environment. Why "knee flexion is a contra-indication" rather than "is contra-indicated"? I'm asking from a position of the utmost ignorance, motivated by genuine curiosity. noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted This week's Type-2 dalehileman 02/05/2007 2:58 PM Re: This week's Type-2 tsuwm 02/05/2007 3:08 PM Re: This week's Type-2 Buffalo Shrdlu 02/05/2007 3:40 PM Re: This week's Type-2 Aramis 02/05/2007 7:14 PM Re: This week's Type-2 Buffalo Shrdlu 02/05/2007 8:26 PM Re: This week's Type-2 sjmaxq 02/06/2007 12:16 AM Re: This week's Type-2 Buffalo Shrdlu 02/06/2007 10:05 AM Re: Typo blood Jackie 02/06/2007 1:03 PM Re: Typo blood AnnaStrophic 02/06/2007 1:53 PM Re: Typo blood dalehileman 02/06/2007 4:13 PM Re: Typo blood BranShea 02/06/2007 5:00 PM Re: Typo blood dalehileman 02/06/2007 5:41 PM Re: Typo blood tsuwm 02/06/2007 6:08 PM Re: Typo blood Buffalo Shrdlu 02/06/2007 6:19 PM Re: Typo blood tsuwm 02/06/2007 6:24 PM Re: Typo blood sjmaxq 02/06/2007 7:00 PM Re: Typo blood of troy 02/06/2007 7:51 PM Re: Typo blood tsuwm 02/06/2007 7:52 PM Re: Typo blood Buffalo Shrdlu 02/06/2007 10:15 PM Re: Typo blood Faldage 02/07/2007 1:35 AM Re: This week's Type-2 dalehileman 02/08/2007 7:06 PM Re: This week's Type-2 olly 02/08/2007 9:24 PM Re: This week's Type-2 dalehileman 02/08/2007 10:35 PM Re: This week's Type-2 olly 02/08/2007 11:52 PM Re: This week's Type-2 Zed 02/09/2007 12:53 AM Re: This week's Type-2 sjmaxq 02/09/2007 2:23 AM Re: This week's Type-2 Faldage 02/09/2007 11:10 AM Re: This week's Type-2 Zed 02/10/2007 2:04 AM Re: This week's Type-2 dalehileman 02/09/2007 4:46 PM Re: This week's Daleism AnnaStrophic 02/09/2007 5:06 PM Re: This week's Daleism tsuwm 02/09/2007 6:02 PM Re: This week's Daleism BranShea 02/09/2007 8:26 PM Re: This week's Daleism AnnaStrophic 02/09/2007 8:40 PM Re: This week's Daleism Buffalo Shrdlu 02/09/2007 8:45 PM Re: This week's Daleism dalehileman 02/10/2007 2:16 PM Re: This week's Daleism Jackie 02/10/2007 10:35 PM Re: This week's Daleism Buffalo Shrdlu 02/11/2007 4:25 AM Re: This week's Daleism of troy 02/11/2007 4:49 PM Re: This week's Daleism tsuwm 02/11/2007 6:59 PM Re: This week's etaoinism... Buffalo Shrdlu 02/12/2007 1:42 PM Re: This week's etaoinism... of troy 02/12/2007 2:08 PM Re: This week's etaoinism... dalehileman 02/12/2007 3:04 PM Re: This week's etaoinism... Buffalo Shrdlu 02/12/2007 3:05 PM Re: This week's etaoinism... of troy 02/12/2007 3:48 PM Re: a wee bit o' linguini zmjezhd 02/12/2007 4:09 PM Re: a wee bit o' linguini olly 02/12/2007 8:44 PM Re: a wee bit o' linguini ParkinT 02/17/2007 3:44 AM Re: a wee bit o' linguini dalehileman 02/21/2007 4:45 PM Re: a wee bit o' linguini olly 02/21/2007 9:35 PM Re: a wee bit o' linguini dalehileman 02/21/2007 10:12 PM Re: This week's Type-2 Faldage 02/05/2007 11:23 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,312 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 11 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,158 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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