UK vs US Spelling
Diabetologia style is to avoid US English usage and change to British English where appropriate, e.g.:
• ‘likely resulting from’: change to ‘probably resulting from’ or ‘was likely to have resulted from’
• ‘through 2019’: ask authors if this means ‘until 2019’ or ‘until the end of 2019’ and change appropriately
or → our | |
US spelling | UK spelling / usage |
favor behavior | favour behaviour |
color | colour, but coloration, colorimetry, decolorise, discoloration |
tumor | tumour, but tumoral |
humor | humour (fluid), but humoral, humorally |
er → re | |
US spelling | UK spelling / usage |
fiber | fibre (but filter) |
titer | titre |
liter | litre |
meter | metre (unit) but meter for measuring device. Note also diameter |
caliber | calibre |
center | centre (except in US addresses and others officially spelled with ‘… er’, e.g. Steno Diabetes Center |
l → ll | |
US spelling | UK spelling / usage |
labeled | labelled |
signaled | signalled |
modeled | modelled |
equaled | equalled |
f → ph | |
US spelling | UK spelling / usage |
sulfur | sulphur |
e → oe | |
US spelling | UK spelling / usage |
apnea | apnoea |
diarrhea | diarrhoea |
eosophageal | oeosophageal |
estrogen | oestrogen |
maneuver | manoeuvre |
Please note that the suffix ‘penia’ is not changed to ‘poenia’ or ‘paenia’ |
e → ae | |
US spelling | UK spelling / usage |
endotoxemia | endotoxaemia |
dyslipidemia | dyslipidaemia |
hyperglycemia | hyperglycaemia |
hemoglobin | haemoglobin |
ischemia | ischaemia |
anesthetised | anaesthetised |
etiology | aetiology |
uremia | uraemia |
pediatric | paediatric (but pedagogic) |
fecal | faecal |
log → logue | |
US spelling | UK spelling / usage |
homolog | homologue |
catalog | catalogue |
analog | analogue |
s → c | |
US spelling | UK spelling / usage |
defense | defence |
offense | offence |
practise | Verb: practise; noun: practice |
license | Verb: license; noun: licence |
lyz → lys | |
US spelling | UK spelling / usage |
analyzed | analysed |
dialyzed | dialysed |
catalyzed | catalysed |
ic → ical | |
US spelling | UK spelling / usage |
biologic | biological |
pathologic | pathological |
physiologic | physiological |
Miscellaneous | |
US spelling | UK spelling / usage |
aging | ageing |
aluminum | aluminium |
artifact | artefact |
billion | 1000 million |
different than | different from |
drug store | pharmacy (medicines obtainable on or off prescription)/chemist (incorporates pharmacy but also sells toiletries) |
EKG | ECG |
fall | autumn |
gray | grey |
fulfill | fulfil |
guinea pig | guinea-pig |
leukocyte | leucocyte |
mold | mould |
operating room | operating theatre |
program | programme (except for computer program) |
skillfull | skilful |
toward | towards |