Means to Form the English Medical Terms-Eponyms

Abstract

The paper aims to analyse the basic means to form terms-eponyms in the English-language medical terminology. Using the structural analysis method, the authors identify the most productive means of the eponymic medical term formation. As a result of the study, five means to form terms-eponyms in the English-language professional medical terminology are identified. The findings indicate that non-permanent usage of possessive case in the English-language eponymic medical term serves as the basic means to form terms-eponyms.

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• Received: November 11, 2019.
• Published: March 31, 2020.

Keywords

• онимы
• термин-эпоним
• терминообразование
• терминосистема
• терминологическая лексика
• медицинская терминология
• терминотворчество
• onyms
• term-eponym
• term formation
• terminological system
• terminological vocabulary
• medical terminology
• term creation

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