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Adjectival Hyphens

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"infectious, e.g. infectious bronchiolitis, post-primary pulmonary tuberculosis, pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infection"

Line 12:61 · 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: 'post-primary'.

"infectious, e.g. post-infective granulomas (including varicella pneumonia), miliary tuberculosis, fungal infection (including histoplasmosis, candidiasis, blastomycosis)"

Line 28:25 · 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: 'post-infective'.

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