Medical discourse

The present paper focuses on eponyms, that is, terms with proper names, in particular, derived from world mythologies, the Bible, and modern literature. The study highlights the significance of this terminological phenomenon in the English sublanguage of medicine and discusses its role in the process of writing medical case reports.

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The key findings from this study were the senses of body-self were both positive and negative, including media of happiness and good-spirit, inferiority complexes and worries, changes of the blood and circulatory system, unwanted/undesirable appearance, and reduction in passion and sexual attractiveness; the anti-aging praxis of women involves dominant medical discourse operating a series of diverse knowledge practices.

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Sublanguages _differ from each other, and from the "standard I a n ~ a g e , in their syntactic, semantic, and discourse vrolx:rties. Understanding these differences is important'if -we are to improve our ability to process these sublanguages. We have developed a sen~.'automatic ~ u r e for identifying sublangnage syntact/c usage from a sample of text in the sublanguage..We describe the results of applying this procedure to taree text samples: two sets of medical documents and a set of equipment failure me~ages. ...

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While one doubts that works of art are ever deeply prized for their aesthetic qualities alone, it is probably true that in Western societies, and in others with highly developed art traditions, aesthetic notions are most perfectly manifested in works of art, and are given their most refined expression in that type of discourse known as the philosophy of art. But the aesthetic notions so manifested and refined are those of members of the art world, not necessarily those of the general population.

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Women’s movements like International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo and Women’s conference in Beijing sought to mainstream reproductive health and gender issues in the development discourse to establish women’s rights, ameliorate their poor health status and to empower them (International Conference on population and Development, 1994; Beijing declaration and Platform for action, 1995).

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In recent years, complementary and alternative medicine (often referred to as CAM in the literature) has grown tremendously in both popularity and economic importance. It is now recognized that about one third of the population of industrialized countries has had some experience with CAM. The new medical industry has generated its own field of adherents, practitioners, opponents, lobbyists, counterlobbyists, and regulations.

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For example, despite a lack of prenatal care that parallels that of African-Americans, Latina mothers are far less likely to deliver low birth-weight babies with medical complications. Researchers hypothesize that this is because of healthy behaviors (avoidance of alcohol, non-smoking, high consumption of fruits and vegetables) that are more common in immigrant Latino cultures. Researchers can pinpoint health disparities among communities, but they are also beginning to recognize the wealth of healthy traditions that other cultures have to offer.

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e body of knowledge in endocrinology has expanded enormously since the fi rst edition of this text appeared two decades ago, and the pace of discovery has been no less robust since the appearance of the third edition. Research in endocrinology continues to produce new revelations and insights, sometimes deepening our level of understanding of well-established phenomena, and sometimes leading us to reevaluate and reinterpret long-held doctrines.

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