title: Word smithing in medical genetics. Part II.
abstract: Terminology discussed here is subsumed under "common misused terms in medical genetics articles" (depressed nasal bridge; anophthalmia; rotated ears; low-set ears; heterotopia; ASD as an abbreviation for autism spectrum disorders; mental retardation; "radiographs revealed something"; and new syndrome) and also subsumed under "erroneous terminology that persists at the editorial and publishing level" (failure to understand the possessive case of names ending in "s"; failure to understand that a comma should not be used before Jr; problematic use of numbers in reference sections; failure to italicize Latin phrases; failure to honor book titles that begin words with upper case letters; omitting the corresponding author; and inadequate citation of foreign languages).
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. mmichael.cohenjr@gmail.com
authors.forename: M Michael
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D005826:Genetics, Medical; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014956:Writing / Q000592:standards*