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 |