Dermatology and the Brazilian Portuguese language orthographic reform.
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The Brazilian Portuguese language orthographic reform has promoted changes in writing in less than 2% of its lexis. However, these changes have affected medical practice. The authors present in this article the main changes in the orthographic rules and gather a group of words that have had their spelling altered by this new language reform emphasizing the dermatological terms.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Anais brasileiros de dermatologia
دوره 86 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011