The Amazing Language of Medicine Understanding Medical Terms and Their Backstories /
This book tells the intriguing and often colorful stories of the medical words we use. The origins of clinical and scientific terms can be found in Greek and Latin myths, in places such as jungles of Uganda and the islands of the Aegean Sea, in the names of medicine’s giants such as Hippocrates and...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Table of Contents:
- About Medical Words and Their Origins
- Medical Words with Mythological Origins
- Descriptive Medical Terms: Activities, Actions, and Appearances
- Medical Words from Various Languages
- Medical Words Linked to Places
- Medical Metaphor, Simile, and Onomatopoeia
- Eponymous and Honorary Medical Terms
- Medical Authorisms and Their Creators
- Medical Words with Intriguing Origins
- Medical Words with Confusing and Controversial Origins.
