SPARING/SPARRING
Often times the spelling of these two are confusing and
would result in a gross medical error. I
will try to help this out to the best of my ability.
SPARRING: This means Fighting. Generally not used in medical transcription, this comes with fights in martial arts, like tae kwon do sparring, boxing sparring, etc.
SPARING: This means Avoiding Waste. One R less, means avoiding the waste of one R, using only single R. This is most commonly used in orthopedic files. For example, metatarsal-sparing shoes
BOTTOM LINE
SPARING: With
one R
less means avoiding wastage of R with one less R, i.e., means spare one R. This
means avoiding waste or to spare.
SPARRING: Means
fighting, very rarely used in
medical transcription.
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