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Medical English in Italian University Courses in Sports Sciences: Some Issues in Focus
2014
Over the last few decades, the increasingly rapid progress of medical science and technology, together with the growing importance of English as the language of international communication, has made the study of medical English a crucial segment in the curriculum of medical undergraduates. In Italy, medical topics are studied not only in medical degree courses but also in those of sports sciences. This paper focuses attention on some medical English-related issues in sports sciences degree courses in Italian universities. More precisely, the work is divided into four main parts. The first part raises the terminological question concerning the denomination of the discipline “lingua inglese”/…
Metaphor they heal by?
2014
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the role of figurative speech in Medical English paying special attention to the use of metaphors in medical discourse. After briefly introducing the recent approaches to the study of metaphors based on psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic theories, we propose a qualitative analysis of selected medical texts with three aims: (1) at a lexical level, to find out how commonly doctors use metaphors to name pathologies, and to classify such metaphors in relation to their linguistic type; (2) at a psycholinguistic level, to investigate if metaphors, when used to denominate an illness, use metaphoric mappings; (3) at a communicative level, to establish if do…
Polska eponimia biblijna: Sodoma. Od urbonizmu starożytnego miasta do sodomawirusa
2020
Sodom (in Polish: Sodoma) does not exist. Although this Palestinian town has been known since prehistoric times and it is mentioned in the Bible, there is no archaeological proof which would confirm its location. In 2011, the name Sodoma was removed from the official list which includes Polish equivalents of geographical names of the world. However, the onym is still used in the Polish language. This name and its derivatives appear mainly in numerous eponyms. We can find here semantic derivatives (eg. sodoma), structural-semantic ones (eg. sodomia, sodomita, sodomizować), phraseological ones (eg. sodoma i gomora, grzech sodomski, jabłko sodomskie, jeden (jedyny) sprawiedliwy w Sodomie i Gom…
Eponyms or Descriptive Equivalent Terms? The Question of Scientific Accuracy in Medical Discourse
2008
A large part of medical lexicon is made up of eponymous terms. These have often been an object of debate and disagreement among specialists and linguists. More precisely, some claim that eponyms should be maintained, while others are inclined to substitute them with descriptive equivalent terms. The aim of this work is to highlight the importance of linguistic accuracy in medical communication through the analysis of the main advantages and disadvantages involved in both the use of eponyms and descriptive terms. The work is divided into four main parts. The first part provides a classification of the various types of medical eponyms, according to the types of names they can include. The sec…
Polska eponimia biblijna: Sodoma. Od urbonimu starożytnego miasta do sodomawirusa
2020
The status of medical eponyms: advantages and disadvantages
2011
The aim of this paper is to analyse how physicians use eponyms for naming the evolution of a scientific discovery in order to describe the different features of eponyms. In the first section a brief classification of medical eponym is given, attention is then turned to the main positive and negative aspects of these honorific names in the language of Medicine in a diachronic perspective with linguistic and ethical considerations.
Eponīmu attīstība medicīnas terminoloģijā
2016
Šajā bakalaura darbā aplūkots eponīmu lietojums medicīnas terminoloģijā. Darba mērķis bija izpētīt eponīmu tipus un to attīstību laika gaitā. Teorētiskā daļa veido pamatu pētījumam un sniedz informāciju par terminoloģijas attīstību vispār, it īpaši par medicīnas terminoloģiju, populārākajiem tās terminu darināšanas veidiem, kā arī par eponīmiem un to iedalījumu. Pētījums aptver simts nejauši izraudzītus terminus no trim dažādām medicīnas eponīmu vārdnīcām un to analīzi, kā arī informāciju par šo terminu izcelsmi un darināšanas metodi. Par pētījuma metodēm tika izraudzītas teorētisko resursu analīze un jauktā tipa metode. Pētījumā tika atklāts, ka visbiežāk sastopamais eponīmu tips medicīnas…
The Man Behind the Eponym: Hans Biberstein and Follicular Hyperplasia Overlying Dermatofibroma
2009
Hans Biberstein first described the basaloid follicular hyperplasia overlying dermatofibromas in 1923 and published his extensive observations on the subject in 1931. Part of Josef Jadassohn's department in Breslau, he was forced to leave German by the National Socialist regime and spent the rest of his career in New York. After a hiatus of 30 years, the dermatopathologic literature once again began addressing his seminal finding but never gave him proper credit. We suggest Biberstein's sign as an appropriate term for basaloid follicular hyperplasia overlying a dermatofibroma and as a small tribute to a pioneer dermatopathologist.