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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Dec 13.
Published in final edited form as: Inf Retr Boston. 2006 Nov;9(5):543–564. doi: 10.1007/s10791-006-9002-8

Table 7.

Examples of phrases that the spell checking algorithm processing PubMed queries can correct and the suggested corrections.

Misspelling Correction given by algorithm
myocardial infraction myocardial infarction
ear infraction ear infection
miocardi alinfraction myocardial infarction
terminl illnss terminal illness
hig pressue liqud chromatogph high pressure liquid chromatography
tumor necrosisactor tumor necrosis factor
Hmgolbin hemoglobin
Philariosis filariosis