Date:  Wed, 20 Aug 1997 14:22:10 -0500
From:  mmcdaniel <mmcdaniel_at_interval-miami[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]INTERVAL-INTL.COM>
Subject: Re: ADS-L Digest - 18 Aug 1997 to 19 Aug 1997

   <<Is the verbal usage of angioplasty a coinage, or elsewhere attested?
   It seems like a pretty natural jump but this is the first I've seen or
   heard of it.>>

   As a medical editor, I attest to the fact that back formation of verbs
   is common in pre-edited medical manuscripts. The practice is shunned,
   however, by the American Medical Association Manual of Style.