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Adjectival Hyphens
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"Amniotic fluid sludge has been identified as a potential marker of adverse pregnancy and perinatal outcomes. Amniotic fluid sludge is associated with spontaneous pre-term labour and, therefore, lower gestational age at birth, lower neonatal birthweight, and increased neonatal intensive care unit admission rate and neonatal death 4."

Line 5:169 · Only use medical adjectival hyphens where the letters at the end and start of the compound word are the same, e.g. post-transplant. In this case, don't use the hyphen: 'pre-term'.

"It is also usually associated with a shortened cervical length; when the patient presents with both aspects, the pre-term labour risk increases 5."

Line 6:124 · Only use medical adjectival hyphens where the letters at the end and start of the compound word are the same, e.g. post-transplant. In this case, don't use the hyphen: 'pre-term'.
Heterogeneous Spelling
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"Amniotic fluid sludge is a finding on obstetric transvaginal ultrasound. Defined as free-floating hyperechogenic material in close proximity to the cervical internal os within the amniotic cavity with intact fetal membranes 1. On ultrasound, it presents as a dense, homogenous mass 2."

Line 1:298 · Radiopaedia advises the '-eous' form: 'homogeneous' rather than 'homogenous'.
Semicolons
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"It is also usually associated with a shortened cervical length; when the patient presents with both aspects, the pre-term labour risk increases 5."

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