Hypothesis, analysis and synthesis, it's all Greek to me.
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 30782313.
- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.43514 and PMC identifier 6382348.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
The linguistic foundations of science and technology include many terms that have been borrowed from ancient languages. In the case of terms with origins in the Greek language, the modern meaning can often differ significantly from the original one. Here we use the PubMed database to demonstrate the prevalence of words of Greek origin in the language of modern science, and call for scientists to exercise care when coining new terms.
Medical subject headings
- Language
- Linguistics
- Science
- Terminology as Topic