Medical and Biological Terminologies

by John Scarborough

Book Overview

he often opaque and specialized vocabulary that is the language of the medical and biological sciences can be a barrier to students of the medical profession. John Scarborough, in Medical and Biological Terminologies: Classical Origins, takes a fresh approach to this problem, arguing that a knowledge of the historical reasons underlying the choices of words used in these sciences, and of how the meanings of words have changed over the millennia,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806130296
• ISBN13: 9780806130293
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.5"