If the doctor says "decubiti", but there is only one ulcer, do I change it to decubitus or decubital ulcer?

Per Stedman's Dermatology & Immunology Words:
decubitus ulcer. That is the only usage for decubitus in that book. It uses decubital for: decubital gangrene.

Per Vera Pyles' Current Medical Terminology (8th Ed), page 158: Decubitus ulcer --Decubitus means 'lying down.' Synonyms: bed sore, pressure sore, trophic ulcer.

Therefore plural usage would be decubitus ulcers, not decubiti.

Nancy

SYLLABICATION: de·cum·bent
PRONUNCIATION: d-kmbnt
ADJECTIVE: 1. Lying down; reclining. 2. Botany Lying or growing on the ground but with erect or rising tips: decumbent stems.
ETYMOLOGY: Latin decumbens, decumbent-, present participle of decumbere, to lie down : d-, de- + -cumbere, to lie down.
OTHER FORMS: de·cumbence (-bns) , de·cumben·cy (-bn-s) —NOUN

Decubitus ulcer, decubitus ulcers.

Adjective, never plural IMO

Thanks again.

Rosa Lea

in my opinion

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