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...

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Main Author: Taylor, Robert B. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Subjects:
Medicine.
General practice (Medicine).
Primary care (Medicine).
Medicine > History.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
ISBN: 9783319503288
Physical Description: XXII, 238 p. 139 illus., 96 illus. in color. online resource.

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505 0 |a 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. 
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