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minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoWhenever abbreviations didn’t make sense, you can usually assume it’s Latin.
minus-squareSterile_Technique@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoThis is medicine in a nutshell too. And not just abbreviations, but acronyms… for words in a language that no one uses. I hate it.
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 year agoHey I can finally ask, how much of medical terminology is Greek?
minus-square✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 year agoMost is Latin but many anatomy terms are Greek. Heme, dermis, ect. Anatomy itself is a word that comes from Greek.
minus-squareSterile_Technique@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoNot really any that I’m aware of, but I’m a tech, so my insight is only surface level. Grain of salt.
minus-squareHolyhandgrenade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoWell, what other language should be used? Latin is the language of science because there’s no way we’d ever agree on which alive language to use.
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoUm English? It’s the international language and language of research, though some may not like hearing that.
minus-squarezarathustrad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoThe whole point of using a “dead” language is that languages change over time and scientists once had the foresight to attempt making their works more universal over both multiple languages and over time.
minus-squareHolyhandgrenade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoEnglish is only the lingua franca for now, but that, as well as the English language, will inevitably change.
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoEsperanto, the second language of the international laborer /hj
minus-squareSterile_Technique@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI unironically kinda wish that would take off. The concept of a super simple bridge language is great.
minus-squareSterile_Technique@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI didn’t say it was a bad system or that we need to change it: I said I hate it.
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 year agoApparently tungsten is also known as Wolfram, so that’s the W. Sodium Na is from neo-latinm
Whenever abbreviations didn’t make sense, you can usually assume it’s Latin.
This is medicine in a nutshell too. And not just abbreviations, but acronyms… for words in a language that no one uses. I hate it.
Hey I can finally ask, how much of medical terminology is Greek?
Most is Latin but many anatomy terms are Greek. Heme, dermis, ect. Anatomy itself is a word that comes from Greek.
Not really any that I’m aware of, but I’m a tech, so my insight is only surface level. Grain of salt.
Well, what other language should be used? Latin is the language of science because there’s no way we’d ever agree on which alive language to use.
Um English? It’s the international language and language of research, though some may not like hearing that.
The whole point of using a “dead” language is that languages change over time and scientists once had the foresight to attempt making their works more universal over both multiple languages and over time.
English is only the lingua franca for now, but that, as well as the English language, will inevitably change.
Esperanto, the second language of the international laborer /hj
I unironically kinda wish that would take off. The concept of a super simple bridge language is great.
I didn’t say it was a bad system or that we need to change it: I said I hate it.
Fair enough haha
What about tungsten or sodium?
Apparently tungsten is also known as Wolfram, so that’s the W. Sodium Na is from neo-latinm