This comes via LinuxMedNews. OpenMedSpel is an open source medical spelling list that can be added to a word processor's dictionary (or any other dictionary) to include common medical terms when spell checking. This not only allows you to check all of those funky medical terms for spelling, but also gets rid of that annoying tendency the spell checker has of marking all medical terms as misspelled.
Theoretically OpenMedSpel could be added to any dictionary that allows importing. I myself have only tried it on OpenOffice [an open source equivalent to Microsoft Office], and so far it works fine. Installation instructions for OpenOffice are included here, which is the method I used. Alternatively one could also install the new dictionary in OpenOffice by going to File > Wizards > Install New Dictionaries and following the instructions there.
Download it, try it out, and let us know what you think. Also, if you get OpenMedSpel to work in another program, let the developers know so they can feature it on their page.
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