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The Clinician's Guide to Medical Writing by Common Writing Terms
| Term | Definition | Sample Words | Example |
| Noun | Word or group of words indicating a person, place, or idea | The house is quarantined to prevent exposure. | |
| Verb | Word or group of words showing action or a state of being |
ran, show, illustrate, imagine, keep verb preceded by is, was, are, were |
Action - Sally ran to the decontamination shower. State of being - He was upset about losing the grant. |
| Adjective | A word that describes the noun of a sentence |
A small child may need growth hormone injections. The slow computer didn't finish running the experiment in time. |
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| Adverb | a word that describes the verb; often ending in -ly (but not always) | baldly, nearly, closely | We nearly matched the tissue sample with the last run. |
| Preposition | word that illustrates location or another association between a noun or pronoun and other parts of the sentence. | In, of, at, near, etc. | The microscope belonged in Dr. Inman's lab. |
| Pronoun | Word that takes the place of a noun | I, you, he, she, we, they, it | She worked hard to get the abstract under 250 words. |
| Fragment |
An incomplete sentence | Once class was over. | |
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