BOTANICAL METAPHOR IN MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

  • A.V. Balakhonov Saint Petersburg State University, Faculty of Medicine. Universitetskaya nab. 7–9, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 199034
  • D.I. Pankov Institute for Linguistic Studies RAS. Tuchkov per. 9, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 199053
  • L.P. Churilov Saint Petersburg State University, Faculty of Medicine. Universitetskaya nab. 7–9, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 199034
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56871/RBR.2023.56.12.009
Keywords: interdisciplinary knowledge, medical terminology, fi gurative expressions, botanical metaphors

Abstract

The article deals with the impact of botanical terminology on medical lexicon, specifically with the names of plants that are applied to the characteristics of a person and human vital activity in health and disease. Examples of terms are given, that are reflected in the phraseological units of the Russian literary language, used in professional medical communication and in colloquial slang of patients. The phenomenon of metaphorization and metonymic transfer of the meanings of commonly used words is typical for the formation of terms in the sublanguage of medicine. Several dozens of examples of syndromes and symptoms of human diseases, human anatomy structures and phenomena of pathology are given, named after the names of plants.

Published
2023-08-30
How to Cite
Balakhonov, A., Pankov, D., & Churilov, L. (2023). BOTANICAL METAPHOR IN MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY. Russian Biomedical Research, 8(1), 66-72. https://doi.org/10.56871/RBR.2023.56.12.009
Issue
Vol 8 No 1 (2023)
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