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Introduction
Medical terminology includes many words which nonprofessionals find difficult to
spell. For novice computer users it can be extremely frustrating when, as a result
of misspelling, they cannot find relevant information. The medical implications of
errors arising as a result of misspelling a word is well documented in the literature
(Lambert, 1997; Lilley, 1995). Reports show that there is a significant error rate
observed in patient records??”in particular, in discharge letters (Blaser et al., 2004).
An intelligent system could provide the users with some suggestions in order to
assist in using correct words when dealing with medical information. However; it
seems we are still far from reaching this goal.
A word processing program such as Microsoft Word, auto corrects typos and provides
advice on whether a word is correctly spelt through a process of ???verification
and offers users to spell correctly via a process of ???correction??™??? (Berghel & Andreu,
1998).
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