title: MD-CTS: An integrated terminology reference of clinical and translational medicine.
abstract: New vocabularies are rapidly evolving in the literature relative to the practice of clinical medicine and translational research. To provide integrated access to new terms, we developed a mobile and desktop online reference-Marshfield Dictionary of Clinical and Translational Science (MD-CTS). It is the first public resource that comprehensively integrates Wiktionary (word definition), BioPortal (ontology), Wiki (image reference), and Medline abstract (word usage) information. MD-CTS is accessible at http://spellchecker.mfldclin.edu/. The website provides a broadened capacity for the wider clinical and translational science community to keep pace with newly emerging scientific vocabulary. An initial evaluation using 63 randomly selected biomedical words suggests that online references generally provided better coverage (73%-95%) than paper-based dictionaries (57-71%).
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Informatics Research Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, WI, USA.
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authors.affiliation: Biomedical Informatics Research Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, WI, USA.
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authors.affiliation: Biomedical Informatics Research Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, WI, USA.
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authors.affiliation: Biomedical Informatics Research Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, WI, USA.
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authors.affiliation: Biomedical Informatics Research Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, WI, USA.
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authors.affiliation: Biomedical Informatics Research Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, WI, USA.
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authors.lastname: Bohne
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Informatics Research Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, WI, USA.
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authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI, USA.
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authors.lastname: Burish
authors.affiliation: Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI, USA.
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authors.lastname: Sondelski
authors.affiliation: Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI, USA.
authors.forename: Melissa
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authors.lastname: Easker
authors.affiliation: George E. Magnin Medical Library, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI, USA.
authors.forename: Brian
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authors.lastname: Finnegan
authors.affiliation: George E. Magnin Medical Library, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI, USA.
authors.forename: Barbara
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authors.lastname: Bartkowiak
authors.affiliation: School of Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.
authors.forename: Catherine Arnott
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authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.
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authors.lastname: Tachinardi
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.
authors.forename: Eneida A
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authors.lastname: Mendonca
authors.affiliation: National Farm Medicine Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, WI, USA.
authors.forename: Bryan
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authors.lastname: Weichelt
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Informatics Research Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, WI, USA.
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keywords: Database; Dictionary; Medicine; Software