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NL888 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Does "physician" here refer to "a doctor of internal medicine"?
Context:
Scientists Smell A Rat In Fraudulent Genetic Engineering Study
Henry I. Miller and Bruce Chassy
Henry I. Miller, a physician and molecular biologist, is the Robert Wesson Fellow in Scientific Philosophy and Public Policy at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. He was the founding director of the Office of Biotechnology at the FDA.Bruce M. Chassy, a biochemist and molecular biologist, is former head of the Department of Food Science and Nutrition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is now Professor Emeritus of Food Science.
Scientists Smell A Rat In Fraudulent Genetic Engineering Study
Henry I. Miller and Bruce Chassy
Henry I. Miller, a physician and molecular biologist, is the Robert Wesson Fellow in Scientific Philosophy and Public Policy at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. He was the founding director of the Office of Biotechnology at the FDA.Bruce M. Chassy, a biochemist and molecular biologist, is former head of the Department of Food Science and Nutrition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is now Professor Emeritus of Food Science.
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No, and the article doesn't say that. A "physician" is a 'Doctor of Medicine', a medical doctor. A 'doctor of internal medicine' strikes me as an uncommon lay description, not an official designation.
- No, and the article doesn't say that.
- A "physician" is a 'Doctor of Medicine', a medical doctor.
- A 'doctor of internal medicine' strikes me as an uncommon lay description, not an official designation.
- In fact, I have rarely, if ever, heard the phrase 'a doctor of internal medicine'.
- (at least not among physicians in Canada) A physician that specializes in general internal medicine is called an ' internest '.
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No, and the article doesn't say that. A "physician" is a 'Doctor of Medicine', a medical doctor.
A 'doctor of internal medicine' strikes me as an uncommon lay description, not an official designation. In fact, I have rarely, if ever, heard the phrase 'a doctor of internal medicine'. (at least not among physicians in Canada)
A physician that specializes in general internal medicine is c
A 'doctor of internal medicine' strikes me as an uncommon lay description, not an official designation. In fact, I have rarely, if ever, heard the phrase 'a doctor of internal medicine'. (at least not among physicians in Canada)
A physician that specializes in general internal medicine is c
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Thank you.
Google for "a doctor of internal medicine" gets 170,000 hits.
I am not sure whether it is only a lay description.
Google for "a doctor of internal medicine" gets 170,000 hits.
I am not sure whether it is only a lay description.
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Then maybe I should say it's a description directed toward lay people. Medical people say "internest".
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OneLook (all dictionaries online: http://www.onelook.com/ ) offers no definition for the word internest.:
(and google search for it is a mess. It is a question that people outside of Canada would use it)
We found 2 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word internest:
(and google search for it is a mess. It is a question that people outside of Canada would use it)
We found 2 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word internest:
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Now google it.0
Considering how common the "ist" suffix is, the spelling part of my brain was clearly fast asleep.
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