REPORT 2
GLOSSARY 8
INTRODUCTION 9
1 TERMINOLOGY AND THE TERM 12
1.1The language of science 12
1.2 Terminology as a science 15
1.3 Sources of the English lexicon 18
1.4 A brief history of medical terminology 19
1.5 The development of medical English 22
1.6 The Influence of Modern European Languages on the Formation of the English Medical Terminology 32
2 THE MAIN TENDENCIES IN THE FORMATION OF ENGLISH MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY 35
2.1 The influence of Greek on English medical terminology 35
2.2 The influence of Latin on English medical terminology 39
2.3 English medical terminology – different ways of forming medical terminology 43
2.4 Abbreviations in English medical terminology 55
2.5 Marginal types of formation of terms 58
2.6 Medical Synonyms 59
2.7 Terms with a -onym ending 65
2.8 Metaphor, metonymy and synecdoche in English medical terminology. 72
CONCLUSION 79
APPENDIX 81
REFERENCES 86