ЛАТИНСЬКІ ЕПОНІМІЧНІ ТЕРМІНИ НА ПОЗНАЧЕННЯ ВРОДЖЕНИХ ВАД РОЗВИТКУ ТА СПАДКОВИХ СИНДРОМІВ
LATIN EPONYMIC TERMS USED IN DESIGNATION OF CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND HEREDITARY SYNDROMES

Summary/Abstract: The results of linguistic observations on morpho-syntactic and semantic structure of Latin eponymic terms used in present day stage of medicine development to designate congenital malformations and hereditary syndromes were presented and the tendencies of internal synonymy and terminological variance were determined in the paper. The use of eponymic components to nominate congenital defects and inherited syndromes is found to be a productive source of supplement of the examined layer of medical terminology for centuries. Parallel existence of eponym-free synonyms in the majority of cases does not promote exclusion of terms with an eponymic constituent. In syntactic respect Latin eponymic terms to determine congenital developmental defect and inherited syndromes are indicated to be substantive formations. Four characteristic patterns of term formation are distinguished: 1) the noun in Nom. sing. + eponym in Gen. sing.; 2) the noun in Nom. sing. + eponym in Nom. sing. + eponym in Gen. sing.; 3) the noun in Nom. sing. + eponym in Nom. sing.; 4) the noun in Nom. sing. + eponym in Nom. sing. + eponym in Nom. sing. the following nouns are most frequently used in the role of a determinant: malformatio, deformitas, anomalia, syndromum. Terminological variability is found among the terms determining congenital defects and inherited syndromes most often involving changes of number and order of position of the names of doctors/ researchers/scientists. The above mentioned terms are rather perspective: they contain well-known nosological units enabling to focus on in the process of professional communication, and an eponymic component available carries an additional information concerning a certain disease.

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