J Korean Med Assoc.  2002 Oct;45(10):1211-1221. 10.5124/jkma.2002.45.10.1211.

⌜Medical Termonology ; the 4th Edition⌟and the Properties of Technical Terms

• Suh CM

• KMID: 2347534
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5124/jkma.2002.45.10.1211

Abstract

This paper demonstrates the properties of technical terms in general and introduces the efforts to refine the medical terms in contemporary Korean. There are many Sino-Korean terms which are too difficult to comprehend in the medical field. In the ⌜Medical Termonology ; the 4th edition⌟, we suggest many original Korean words be substituted for the Sino-Korean words. This suggestion has been made with cautin and it is hoped that the new terms will gradually replace the traditional Sino-Korean terms.

Keyword

Refining of technical terms; Medical terms; Sino-Korean word; Original Korean word; Loan word

MeSH Terms

Hope