Dragoman Transcreation
Dragoman Transcreation
UMIT OZAYDIN
Capitalizing Disease Names
41 seconds Posted Aug 15, 2018 at 12:36 pm.
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Do not capitalize disease names or medical terms. AP Style suggests that: “Do not capitalize arthritis, emphysema, leukemia, pneumonia, etc. When a disease is known by the name of a person or geographical area identified with it, capitalize only the proper noun element: Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Ebola virus, etc.” Capitalization is tricky even for native speakers. You can learn why Ebola is capitalized and further explore capitalization topic here.    

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