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Explanatory
Notes for the Medical Dictionary Attributive Nouns |
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Explanatory
Notes for the Medical Dictionary Attributive Nouns |
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ATTRIBUTIVE NOUNS
The italicized label often attributive placed
after the functional label noun indicates that the noun is
often used as an adjective equivalent in attributive position
before another noun:
blood . . . noun, often attributive
hospital . . . noun, often attributive
Examples of the attributive use of these nouns are blood clot and hospital ward.
While any noun may occasionally be used in attribution, the label often attributive is limited to those having broad attributive use. This label is not used when an adjective homograph (as serum) is entered. When it is desired to show that a compound term is frequently used in attribution, a usage note follows the definition together with a verbal illustration indicating whether or not a hyphen is typically used:
spin echo . . . noun . . . --usually used attributively <spin-echo magnetic resonance imaging of the cervical spine> . . .
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