Clearing Up Stigmatism or Astigmatism Confusion
If you've ever sat in an eye doctor's chair wondering in case you should state stigmatism or astigmatism , you're definitely not really alone who's tripped over those syllables. It's one of those classic linguistic mix-ups where the "a" at the particular beginning of the word gets swallowed up or dealt with like an independent word. You listen to people say points like, "I have a stigmatism, " and it sounds perfectly natural, but medically speaking, there's a bit more to the story. ...