Latin as the language of medical terminology: Some remarks on its role and prospects

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 132, Issue 41-42, 2002, Pages 581-587

  Marečková, Elena ^a   Šimon, František ^b   Červený, Ladislav ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Anatomical nomenclature; Clinical terminology; Language of medicine; Latin; Pharmaceutical Latin

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL MEDICINE; DRUG NOMENCLATURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LATIN; LINGUISTICS; NOMENCLATURE; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW;

EID: 12244264779     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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