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Not everyone is a friend of the manifold abbreviations that have by
now beCome a part of the scientific language of medicine. In order
to avoid misunderstanding these abbreviations, it is wise to refer
to a reliable dic tionary, such as this one prepared by Heister.
The abbreviation ED means, for instance, effective dose to the
pharmacologist. However, it might also stand for emetic dose.
Radiologists use the same abbreviation for erythema dose, and ED
could also mean ethyl dichlorarsine. A com mon meaning of ECU is
European currency unit, a meaning that might not be very often in
scientific medical publications. ECU, however, also means
environmental control unit or European Chiropractic Union.
Hopefully, those making inventions and discoveries will make use of
Heister's dictionary before creating new abbreviations when
preparing manuscripts for scientific publications. It is a very
worthwhile goal not to use the same abbreviation for several
different terms, especially if it is already widely accepted to
mean only one of them. It may be impossible, however, to achieve
this goal in different scientific disciplines. Therefore, although
it is wise for the abbreviations used in a publication to be
defined, it is also very helpful for readers and writers to use a
dictionary such as this one. The author deserves our warmest thanks
since we know that compiling such a comprehensive dictionary is
based upon incredibly hard effort."
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