Concerning the use of western medical terms to represent traditional Chinese medical concepts - Answer to Prof. XIE and his colleagues

Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 225-228

  Wiseman, Nigel ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biomedicized translation; Literal translation; Loan translation

Indexed keywords

MERCURY SULFIDE; TOXIN;

ACCURACY; ACUTE DISEASE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DATA BASE; EFFUSION; EPILEPSY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOUTH PAIN; OPISTHOTONUS; PENIS GLANS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SWELLING; TETANY;

EID: 33749541691     PISSN: 16720415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02836530     Document Type: Review

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