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Corrie Schumann
Jan Meiring
2005
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University of Pretoria
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Introduction
•Contradictio in
terminis
•Academia Latina, Dept. of Ancient Languages, and the Dept. of Anatomy, UP=
3;
•Medical Terminology
•Students (2000 to 2005)
– Veteri=
nary
Sciences, Health Sciences, Biological and Medical Sciences, Dentistry, Nu=
rsing, Biokinetics, Dietetics
•Students (2006)
• Radiography and Occupational =
Therapy
•Total: + 700 students per annum=
•Networking
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Global
Medical Language
•T=
he
average medical student needs about=
15 000 new words of
which 94% is derived from Greek and
Latin (Jou=
rnal of
Medical education 1980)
•Specialised vocabulary with international
character
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•This global Medical
Language enables students, academics and professionals to:
–read
international medical journals
–interact
at national and international conferences
–travel
with medical records
–feel
“at home” in foreign hospitals
•Med=
ical
Terminology is not static and has become=
a
common currency <=
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lang=3DEN-GB style=3D'color:#FFCC66;mso-special-format:lastCR;display:none=
'>
Structures of Med=
ical
Terminology
• 600 Basic word forms instea=
d of
15000 =
; &n=
bsp; =
; &n=
bsp; =
;
new words
• Analysing of different term
parts
Key: CF: combining form
PF: prefix
SF: suffix
CV: combining vowel
DERMAT-/-o-/PLAST-/-y
CF =
;
CV
CF SF
=
Why Latin and Gr=
eek?=
•Because
it is the ling=
ua
franca in
medicine
•
•Accessibility of
relevant data to all
•<=
/span>Compelling need of internationally understood scientifi=
c language
•<=
/span>Politically and ideologically a neutral language&#=
13;
• - Classical Latin and Greek are no longer
spoken and words
are=
no longer changing
• - Latin
and Greek are apolitical, neutral and “owned” by no one
• - Latin
and Greek are precise a=
nd do
not suffer from varied interpr=
etations
• - Latin
and Greek remain languages of learning
Influence of Classical Mythology on
Medical Terminology
•Practice of naming body parts and medical concepts after people (Gods and heroes) began in <=
/span>antiquity &#=
13;
–Aesculapius (L) / Asclepius (G)
– (son of the god Apollo)
<=
/span>
–Arachne (maiden from Asia Minor)
–Iris (Goddess of the rainbow)
–Achilles (Greek hero in Trojan war)
– Achilles tendon, Achilles tendon reflex
– achillobursitis, achillodynia,
achillorrhaphy
– achillotectomy, achillotomy
•<=
/span>Central historical figure in Greek me=
dicine is
Hippocrate=
s
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Anatomical termi=
nology
•Terms are structured
•
•<=
/span>by position
•<=
/span>by shape
•<=
/span>by function
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Peri-CARD-itis