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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Taylor, Robert B. (Author)
Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Subjects
Medicine.
General practice (Medicine).
Primary care (Medicine).
Medicine > History.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319503288
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-50328-8
Physical DescriptionXXII, 238 p. 139 illus., 96 illus. in color. online resource.

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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.

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