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- noun Plural form of
mix-up .
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Examples
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And the ISMP says all of these similarly named drugs are a big problem, because name mix-ups are responsible for about 25 percent of all medication errors.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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The medicines, made at a Glaxo plant in Cidra, Puerto Rico, were misidentified as a result of product mix-ups, according to papers filed in federal court in Boston.
GlaxoSmithKline settles defective-drug lawsuit for $750 million Justin Blum 2010
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Using tubes and bottles in the dark may lead to mix-ups.
The Elderly 2010
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Even in reputable publications, however, usage is decidedly mixed, and discrepancies can result in editorial mix-ups, as Merriam-Webster has shown.
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There are mix-ups in which board and rider are torn apart and separated by several hundred feet.
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There were lots of mix-ups, but in the end, not a bad experience.
Timothy D. Slekar: How to Boycott NCLB in 90 Seconds Timothy D. Slekar 2011
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The funniest of these mix-ups involved a phone call I received at home one night twenty years ago.
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Ms. Murkowski 's campaign is trying to minimize mix-ups by instructing voters how to darken a bubble next to a blank space on the ballot and write her full name.
Preparing for a Fight Over Write-in Ballots Vauhini Vara 2010
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There were lots of mix-ups, but in the end, not a bad experience.
Timothy D. Slekar: How to Boycott NCLB in 90 Seconds Timothy D. Slekar 2011
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Novartis AG said that its Gas-X Prevention medicine is its only product manufactured on the same line as prescription pain pills made by Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. and that it isn't aware of any mix-ups between the products.
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