Template:R:Merriam-Webster Medical/documentation

Usage

This template may be used in "References" and "Further reading" sections, and on talk pages, to provide a citation to the Merriam-Webster.com Medical Dictionary website.

Parameters

• |1= or |entry= – the name of the entry. If this parameter is not stated, the name of the Wiktionary entry is used.
• |pos= or |part of speech= – the part of speech of the entry. By default, the template italicizes the value assigned to the parameter and adds a full stop (period) to the end. To turn off the default formatting for the purpose of specifying a different formatting using wikitext markup and templates, specify |noformat=1 or |noformat=yes.
• |2= or |url= – if the default URL is not linking to the correct webpage, use this parameter to indicate the URL of the webpage to be linked to.
• |source= – use |source=1 or |source=yes to display the source relied on by the website: Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary (new edition, 2016).
• |3=, |text=, or |passage= – the passage to be quoted.
• |nodot= – by default, the template adds a full stop (period) at the end of the citation. To suppress this punctuation, use |nodot=1 or |nodot=yes.

Examples

• Wikitext:
  • {{R:Merriam-Webster Medical}} (assuming the template is used on the adiadokokinesis page); or
  • {{R:Merriam-Webster Medical|entry=adiadokokinesis}}; or
  • {{R:Merriam-Webster Medical|adiadokokinesis}}
• Result: “adiadokokinesis”, in Merriam-Webster.com Medical Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster.

• Wikitext: {{R:Merriam-Webster Medical|entry=fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva|pos=n|source=1|passage=a rare hereditary disorder that is characterized by the progressive ossification of muscle and connective tissue and that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait}}
• Result: “fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, n.”, in Merriam-Webster.com Medical Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, reproduced from Merriam-Webster’s Medical Dictionary, new edition, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 2016, →ISBN.: “a rare hereditary disorder that is characterized by the progressive ossification of muscle and connective tissue and that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait”