Mar 18, 2016 · It seems plausible that the medical convention of using 'x' as the second letter of an abbreviation (in, for example, Dx (diagnosis), Sx (symptom or surgery), Fx (family), Hx (history), and …

The letter " X " has long been used as a place-holder. It was once standard for illiterate persons to sign legal documents with an "X". Mathematicians use the letter " x " quite often as a place-holder. For …

Feb 23, 2015 · Medicine has a tendency to abbreviate many things using X: Biopsy - Bx, Dx - diagnosis, Fx - fracture, Hx - history, Sx - surgery, and Tx - transplant, transformation, transaction, therapy, …

Apr 20, 2015 · Your take/consider constructions seem like independent clauses (of the imperative variety). As such, common usage would suggest using the colon, dash, or period to mark the …

Sep 19, 2011 · What's the origin of the idiom go south? Why is it go south only? Why not go southwest or go east? Are the direction-related idioms go south, go north, go east, and go west correlated? …

The only meaning of segway reported by the NOAD, and the OED, is the following: Segway: [trademark] a two-wheeled motorized personal vehicle consisting of a platform for the feet mounted above an …

Does "egoistic" and "egotistic" mean the same thing?

This question can be satisfactorily answered only if a specific context is provided. For example: A: I broke up with my boyfriend because he was cheating on me. B: How'dja know? = How did you …

Aug 31, 2023 · When (approximately) was the first recorded use of "for sure" to mean "certainly"? For example, I wanted it more than he did, for sure.

Sep 15, 2023 · Google ngrams show that both 'our heart goes out to' and 'our hearts go out to' are used, the latter being much the more common, emphasising the level of concern rather than the unity of …