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| Genre/Form: | Terminology |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Dirckx, John H., 1938- Language of medicine, its evolution, structure, and dynamics. Hagerstown, Md. : Medical Dept., Harper & Row, c1976 (OCoLC)570334505 Online version: Dirckx, John H., 1938- Language of medicine, its evolution, structure, and dynamics. Hagerstown, Md. : Medical Dept., Harper & Row, c1976 (OCoLC)609065147 |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
John H Dirckx |
| ISBN: | 0061406899 9780061406898 |
| OCLC Number: | 1859799 |
| Notes: | Includes indexes. |
| Description: | vii, 170 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | Plain English -- Medical English -- Our classical heritage: Latin, Greek -- A museum in words -- Historical curiosities -- Borrowings from modern foreign languages -- References to literature and mythology -- Geographic terms -- Eponyms -- Modern coinages, abbreviations -- Trade names -- Slang, jargon and gibberish -- Medicalese... -- Nursese -- Typistese -- Diseeases of the tongue -- Introductory remarks -- The wrong word -- Latin and Greek -- Pronunciation -- Muddy waters -- Verbosity -- Medical writing -- Bibliography -- Index of words and phrases -- General index. |
| Responsibility: | John H. Dirckx. |
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