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Adjectival Hyphens
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"Most are not thought to be of clinical significance, generally do not appear to progress, and are not considered a pre-clinical form of more extensive fibrosing lung disease 2."

Line 10:119 · 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-clinical'.
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"Most are not thought to be of clinical significance, generally do not appear to progress, and are not considered a pre-clinical form of more extensive fibrosing lung disease 2."

Line 10:102 · Consider using 'ignored' instead of 'not considered'