Quantification of the use of eponyms in two Latin American congresses of anatomy
| Autor: | John Barco Ríos, Juan Fernando Vélez García, Jorge Eduardo Duque Parra |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0303 health sciences
Histology Latin Americans Unified Medical Language System Anatomical terminology Eponym Cell Biology Medical sciences Linguistics Terminology 03 medical and health sciences Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 0302 clinical medicine 030301 anatomy & morphology Others (Anatomical Terminology) Original Article Anatomy Eponymy Relevant information 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Developmental Biology |
| Zdroj: | Anatomy & Cell Biology |
| ISSN: | 2093-3673 2093-3665 |
| Popis: | Eponyms have been part of medical language for many centuries, have put down powerful cultural roots, and continue to be used mainly in the language of medical specialties. The problem with eponymy is that it does not provide any relevant information about what is being studied, which hinders learning and generates communication problems. Ten oral presentations were randomly evaluated, as were all poster presentations made at the II Peruvian Congress on Morphological Sciences and the XV Ibero-Latin American Symposium on Anatomical, Histological, and Embryological Terminology, held in March of 2018 in Lima, Peru. This was done in order to quantify eponym use. Of the 10 oral presentations randomly selected, the eponym use was identified in six (60%). Of the 33 poster presentations made, six (18.18%) used eponyms. In conclusion, eponyms continue to be used indiscriminately in the language of the morphological sciences. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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