⌜Medical Termonology ; the 4th Edition⌟and the Properties of Technical Terms.
10.5124/jkma.2002.45.10.1211
- Author:
Chung Mok SUH
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Refining of technical terms;
Medical terms;
Sino-Korean word;
Original Korean word;
Loan word
- MeSH:
Hope
- From:Journal of the Korean Medical Association
2002;45(10):1211-1221
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
This paper demonstrates the properties of technical terms in general and introduces the efforts to refine the medical terms in contemporary Korean. There are many Sino-Korean terms which are too difficult to comprehend in the medical field. In the ⌜Medical Termonology ; the 4th edition⌟, we suggest many original Korean words be substituted for the Sino-Korean words. This suggestion has been made with cautin and it is hoped that the new terms will gradually replace the traditional Sino-Korean terms.
