The whole session made me realise there is a whole 'EU' language out there, and when looking up Eurojargon on the internet, not surprisingly a list with hundreds and hundreds of
abbreviations are posted, a list which is ridiculously long and which EU residents may find hard to grasp.
ISMP's list of error-prone
abbreviations, symbols, and dose designations [Internet].
In what follows we compare the definitions of acronyms and
abbreviations as provided by dictionary and the definitions formulated by other authors.
Acronyms, however, are different from
abbreviations. They are 'words formed from the initial letters and are pronounced as they are spelled, not as separate letters', according to Oxford Dictionaries dot com.
They probably expect us radiologists to know all their terminology, including their
abbreviations and acronyms.
The symbols and
abbreviations used in primary NAPLAN numeracy tests (ACARA, 2010), can be categorised into five different groups:
A period indicates that each letter represents a word separate from the words represented by other letters in the
abbreviation, and the period represents a strong pause or break.
An argument in favor of adopting the new Cambridge system for "
Abbreviations of Hemingway Works" as standard across Hemingway studies.
The new name comprises the widely known
abbreviations for the two central companies KS Kolbenschmidt and Pierburg that combined make up today's KSPG AG.
The purpose of research described in the current study to investigate on particular approach as a theoretical format of
abbreviation and acronym strategy which is an easy, simple, powerful, and applicable strategy for learners of the other languages.
Children have to understand the way the complete word is put together before they can write or understand an
abbreviation according to Dr Clare Wood, reading developmental psychology.
I have only about 1100 hours in my logbook, so I don't know all the
abbreviations your cute and clever writing contributors "commit." Every time I come across an unexplained
abbreviation, I feel like you're saying, "Every idiot knows these terms." If you call me an idiot too many times, I might just quit subscribing to your magazine.