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From: werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: ``Congenital dysplasia of the limbs'' -- huh?
Message-ID: <2282@aecom.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 27-Feb-86 00:36:30 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 27 00:36:30 1986
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> ``congenital dysplasia of the limbs''.  Now, I knew I had amniotic
> bands (a congenital condition which resulted in deformities of both
> hands, one leg and the other foot).  But this was my ``good'' knee,

	Unfortunately, you must understand that Medicine speaks in tongues.
Congenital - you're born with it.
Dysplasia - a defect in formation.  You see, defects can be aquired in many
	ways, but Dysplasia signifies something at the cellular level. Of
	course it may also be used because it carries less emotional common
	connotation than 'deformity.'  Another example is that one does not
	feel a patient, one palpates a patient.

You must also consider that referrals are made not just to rule in, but also
to rule out. 
-- 

				Craig Werner
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