2.0 Abbreviations
2.1 Common Abbreviations
Common abbreviations in SmartTRAK.
Term | Abbreviation or How to | ||||
addition | add'n | ||||
additional | add'l | ||||
alternate codes | Greater than or equal to: > is Hold ALT key + 242; Less than or equal to : < is Hold ALT key +243 | ||||
association | assoc (not ass.) | ||||
approximately | approx or use tilde symbol "~" | ||||
average | avg | ||||
BioMedGPS possessive | BioMedGPS' | ||||
clinical trials link | clinicaltrials.gov all lower case, one word in italics |
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commas | Omit serial commas unless really needed for clarity. For example, use "bone, ligament and spine" instead of "bone, ligament, and spine" | ||||
constant currency | Space before CC: 5.4% CC, not 5.4%CC | ||||
cross linked | xlinked | ||||
Currency Signs Alt Codes | Hold ALT key: + 0128 for € / +36 for $ / +155 for ¢ / +157 for yen ¥ | ||||
Dollars w/ Euros | Dollars First, without "US" before it, then Euros,: $11.7MM (€8.9MM), not US$11.7MM (€8.9MM) or €8.9MM (US$11.7MM) | ||||
estimated | est | ||||
et al. | the "al" should always be followed by a period - et al. not et al | ||||
Euro Sign | No space after euro sign: should be €1.5K, not € 1.5K | ||||
Financial Dashboard links | Q317 SmartTRAK Financial Dashboard (bolded) | ||||
Fiscal Year | should be written FY19 (no space)...not FY 2019 | ||||
follow up | f/up | ||||
Greater than or equal to, less than or equal to | ≤ , ≥ | ||||
half year | For instance, first half of 2015 would be "H115" (not 1H15) | ||||
however | comma before and after the word however xxxxx, however, xxxxx | ||||
international | int'l | ||||
journal | j | ||||
Latin phrases | italicized: *in vitro*, *in vivo* and *in situ* *de novo* | ||||
Linking reports | Link report, not the word "here": "Click for Needham FQ315 Biomet report" not "Click here Needham FQ315 Biomet report" |
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Linking tip | do not link to the words "is" or "was" | ||||
market | mkt | ||||
months | mos (plural), #-mo (singular or when hyphen w/#) | ||||
number | no. | ||||
Numbers at beginning of a sentence, update | Don't start a sentence with a number...spell it out (Three...not 3) | ||||
orthopedic, orthopaedic | ortho | ||||
Patent Applications | Patent Applications should be capitalized when referring to a specific patent application | ||||
patient/patients | pt/pts | ||||
patients in a study | use hyphen: 29-pt study | ||||
platelet | plt | ||||
post-op | use hyphen | ||||
quarters | Q117, not 1Q17 or "First Quarter 2017", or Q1FY17 (if a non-calendar fiscal year) | ||||
re | just use "re" There is no colon after it (not "re:") Re is not an abbreviation for anything...it's considered a preposition that means “in the matter of" | ||||
respectively | Use comma before the word respectively (and also a comma after if in the middle of a sentence): K2M's Q4 US growth was led by the complex spine and degenerative businesses, w/ +20.5% and +28.4% growth, respectively. | ||||
superscript | use the x2 button on Edit page to create a superscript... should read 2cm², not 2cm2 | ||||
ultra high molecular weight polyethylene | UHMWPE | ||||
United States | US (not U.S.) | ||||
treatment | tx | ||||
Trial numbers | trials should be numbers using Roman numerals (l, ll, lll, lV, V...) not Arabic numbers (1, 2, 3, 4, 5...) | ||||
versus | vs | ||||
weeks | wks | ||||
with | w/ followed by a space before the next word | ||||
within | w/in | ||||
without | w/o followed by a space before the next word (not w/out) | ||||
world wide | WW | ||||
year over year | YoY |