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When I use a word
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BMJ 2001; 323 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.323.7322.1173 (Published 17 November 2001) Cite this as: BMJ 2001;323:1173- Jeff Aronson, clinical pharmacologist
- Oxford
In atrial fibrillation, assuming that you use digitalis, do you digitalise or digitalize? Well, contrary to common belief in Britain, the appropriate English spelling for such words is with -ize, rather than -ise.
Many such words originally derived from Greek verbs that ended in -ιζειν (-izein), a suffix that was added to a noun to create a verbal infinitive, either transitive (meaning “to make or conform to, or treat in the way of, the thing expressed by the …
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