Similarly, osteopath is referred to manipulation. Occasionally, the term is referred back to itself. At the entry masochism, for example, the reader is referred to the terms, sick pleasures and suffer. At the entry for sick pleasures, a brief definition which does not include any clue as to what masochism is, instructs the reader to see-also masochism. Only at the definition for suffer is there any explanation of masochism.
Related inconsistencies appear in some of the scientific terms.
Gram is referred to metric system, but kilogram is defined at its entry. Fahrenheit is referred to centigrade where the two terms are simply described by conversions of one to the other. Due to word inversion a few see references are alphabetically incorrect. Other entries defy common dictionary standards for alphabetical location by expected salient term. Bailey left most specific disease terms to be sought in a medical dictionary, selecting more general concepts such as disease, injury, etiology, symptoms, and syndromes.