SKETCHES OF MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

Abstract

This article appeared on the verge of several sciences: clinical anatomy, clinical physiology, and philology. Accordingly, its authors feature a clinician, a University teacher, and a philologist. The authors critically analyse some of the Ukrainian terms (of Greek and Latin origin) drawing on special literary sources and fine literature, works in philology, and their own experience. At the same time, they substantiate every nation’s right to introduce into their specialized scientific nomenclature terms that are more common in this language, national lifestyle, and ideas relatable to this nation. The authors call for correction of some Ukrainian and Latin terms indicating inflammation, as well as for distinguishing in the clinical and anatomical nomenclature of adjectives that indicate quality from those indicating relation, belonging to a particular subject, formation, or phenomenon. Terms in the Ukrainian language were often formed under the influence of other languages and sometimes sound wrong; therefore, it makes sense to replace some medical terms with new and correct ones. It seems like some, firmly rooted terms, require some correction. First, as already mentioned, this refers to terms based on subject analogies (analogue terminology). Our duty is to develop the Ukrainian language in all spheres of science, including medical scientific language. Therefore, the work on improving Ukrainian medical terminology is a permanent process, as well as social development in general.

Keywords

• clinical terms, analogue terminology, inflammation markings, suffixal terminology formation, qualitative and relative adjectives in medicine