Re: The Ability of Abbreviation
From: | Dennis Paul Himes <himes@...> |
Date: | Thursday, December 13, 2001, 4:19 |
Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> wrote:
>
> and {c/} is "with", from Latin "cum". I use that myself
> sometimes, picked it up from my mother who's a medical records manager.
I use "c" with a horizontal line over it, like a macron. Also "s" with
the same sort of line for "without". I think I picked this up from my
mother, as well.
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