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**Peptobismol** · 07-15-2012, 04:48 AM

Anybody can define a word as they want to suit their fancy.
There are standard definition which is accepted by the world.

A layman can not detect a stroke. An EMT person may hypothesis a stroke and act accordingly. The Emergency room physician after diagnosis and scans may come to a preliminary diagnosis of stroke. The radiologist will confirm the diagnosis after full study. The doctor treating him may treat for the stroke.

Read my post #20. I said a layman can "recognize" a stroke by the symptoms I described. It can be a wrong diagnosis. So is the heartburn ( a misnomer,, used even by physicians) to describe acid reflux problem. For that matter in many disease cases even doctors cannot detect nor know what causes it. The latter case diseases are called "idiopathic".

There is a difference between "recognize' and "detect".

07-15-2012, 04:48 AM	#35
Peptobismol Join Date Oct 2005 Age 58 Posts 4,386 Senior Member	Anybody can define a word as they want to suit their fancy. There are standard definition which is accepted by the world. A layman can not detect a stroke. An EMT person may hypothesis a stroke and act accordingly. The Emergency room physician after diagnosis and scans may come to a preliminary diagnosis of stroke. The radiologist will confirm the diagnosis after full study. The doctor treating him may treat for the stroke. Read my post #20. I said a layman can "recognize" a stroke by the symptoms I described. It can be a wrong diagnosis. So is the heartburn ( a misnomer,, used even by physicians) to describe acid reflux problem. For that matter in many disease cases even doctors cannot detect nor know what causes it. The latter case diseases are called "idiopathic". There is a difference between "recognize' and "detect".
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