Observations on Some Medical Terms Inherited from Latin Cover Image

Consideraţii asupra unor termeni medicali moşteniţi din latină
Observations on Some Medical Terms Inherited from Latin

Author(s): Maria-Laura Rus
Subject(s): Language studies, Lexis, Comparative Linguistics, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: lexical similarities; inherited term; Latin; Romance languages; linguistic medicine;

Summary/Abstract: Our paper focuses on some particular medical terms inherited from Latin, namely those terms that have the significance of “disease/illness/sickness” or “ill/sick”: morbum, aegrotatio and dolor, languor, malum. There are some similarities but also differences between the Romance languages with respect to these terms.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 88-90
  • Page Count: 3
  • Language: Romanian