As pedantry has taken the fore in this discussion of hav terminology, think
on this.
From the oxford English dictionary
abduct , v.tr.
1 carry off or kidnap (a person) illegally by force or deception.
2 (of a muscle etc.) draw (a limb etc.) away from the midline of the body.
abduction n.
abductor n.
[Latin abducere abduct- (as ab-, ducere 'draw')]
So abduct is a Latin word.
valgus , n.
a deformity involving the outward displacement of the foot or hand from the
midline.
[Latin, = knock-kneed]
As is valgus
Latin word construction commonly involves linking words. When the second
component begins with a consonant, linkage between stems is provided by 'i'
or 'o' and so I contend that mr 'spoonz' is both right and wrong.
He is right that abducto means nothing. On it's own. But as it is not on
it's own and the second stem begins with a consonant, the combined form is
very correctly 'abduct-o-valgus' and not 'abducto valgus'.
If you are still unconvinced there is an example of this in the oxford
English dictionary.
cerebro- , comb. form ( i.e. combined form)
brain (cerebrospinal).
[Latin cerebrum 'brain']
spinal , adj.
of or relating to the spine (spinal curvature; spinal disease).
spinally adv.
[Late Latin spinalis (as spine)]
As in cerebr-o-spinal
I hope this clears things up (though i can't tell you who first put the two
words together ;-)
NT
original message
> Jeff, as before this is not a chronological issue, it is one of accuracy.
I
> have no problem with terminology being updated. I do have a problem with
the
> introduction of meaningless terms, which add little to the clarity. If the
> condition was called hallux abducted valgus or even hallux abductus
valgus,
> I should have no problem. The point is, abducto does not mean anything. I
> suspect it was used because it trips off the tongue more easily than the
> other two examples above. Can anyone tell me who first introduced the term
> and when?
>
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