An algorithm that learned from tens of thousands of nutrition prescriptions for premature babies could reduce medical errors and better identify what nutrients the smallest patients need.
  • drspod@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I hate this abbreviation of “premature baby” to “preemy.” To me it’s a slur, just like “flid,” “spastic,” or “mong.” Stop using it.

    • Donald J. Musk@lemmy.todayOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I worked in a hospital for over 10 years. Nurses and docs use the word preemie as well. I don’t think it’s the slur that you think it is.

      • drspod@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        1 year ago

        There was a time when nurses and doctors said “flid” and “spastic” too.

        Using a “cute” abbreviation of a technical term is, at the very least, condescending and at worst, a term that very quickly becomes used to bully people with specific outward appearances caused by medical conditions.