Synonymy in the English-origin Romanian Medical Terminology

Abstract

The Romanian medical terminology has been enriched quite a lot lately. This phenomena was not only due to the significant influence of the English language, but also because of the relationships developed between the already existing terms and the new ones. Thus, the present study comprises the analysis on Romanian medical terms of Englsih origin and their native synonymous correspondents in the Romanian medical terminology. The dictionnaries used to select the synonymous pairs of medical terms were the Medical Dictionary (2010) and The Great Dictionary of Neologisms (2008)

Keywords

• medicine
• terminology
• English language
• influence
• synonymy