The Terminological Metaphor in the Field of Cardiology
The Terminological Metaphor in the Field of Cardiology

Summary/Abstract: The metaphorical dimension can be explored by a multiplicity of disciplines, yet it is hard to envision how medicine could embrace such a complex concept which is mainly ascribed to the field of literature, placed on the border between terminology and stylistics. In order to successfully integrate and harness this procedure in the field of medicine, these metaphors would have to serve intricate prerequisites of precision, non-ambiguity, conciseness and semantical correctness. They possess a unique pattern of functionality, that not simply defines a manner of speaking but more than that a manner of thinking. Within the field of cardiology, the terminological metaphor becomes structural, in the sense that it organises representations and experiences via simple or complex outlines of naming that have transcended time and space: it is actually the transparent metaphor of the family which can be understood in the absence of a significant intellectual effort as opposed to its corresponding medical term.

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