SEMANTIC PHENOMENA IN ENGLISH CLINICAL TERMINOLOGY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE
SEMANTIC PHENOMENA IN ENGLISH CLINICAL TERMINOLOGY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE

Summary/Abstract: This paper explored semantic phenomena in English clinical terminology of veterinary medicine. The aim of this work is to study such semantic phenomena as synonymy, antonymy, polysemy and hyperogyponymia in clinical veterinary terminology. The author focuses on the generalization of theoretical views on the essence of the phenomena of synonymy and antonymy in terminology in general. The peculiarities of the using synonymous and antonymous units in English clinical terminology of veterinary medicine are shown. The main types of synonyms and antonyms and their structural features in the studied terminology are identified and analyzed. Synonymy and antonymy are typical phenomena in this system that make it more flexible. They are characterized by sufficient consistency and order. The phenomenon of polysemy in veterinary clinical terminology is rare, but in various forms. Hyper-hyponymic relations between units, based on generic-species conceptual commonality, form multi-level hierarchical structures that represent a complex framework of the terminological vocabulary of clinical veterinary medicine. This type of relationship between units is one of the most important principles for structuring knowledge and organizing the terminological composition of the "animal disease" term system.

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