Mammas, IN; Drysdale, SB; Theodoridou, M; Spandidos, DA
(2023)
Exploring medical terminology inexpediencies: Tripledemic vs. triple epidemic.
Exp Ther Med, 26 (1).
p. 334.
ISSN 1792-1015
https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2023.12033
SGUL Authors: Drysdale, Simon Bruce
Abstract
Accurate and consistent medical terminology has a fundamental value in medicine. It enables medical students to understand the meaning of each term, medical physicians to communicate with each other, and it also enables science to adopt a logical language of high-level understanding and scientific regularity. Medical terminology inexpediencies caused by the adoption of etymologically illogical or linguistically false terms lead to misunderstanding and confusion among clinicians. The medical terms epidemic and pandemic are as old as Hippocrates and Sophocles, respectively. The present article evaluates the new medical terms tripledemic and triple epidemic, which were introduced during the recent COVID-19 pandemic.
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Keywords: |
Hippocrates, medical terminology, paediatric virology, triple epidemic, tripledemic, tripledemic, triple epidemic, medical terminology, Hippocrates, paediatric virology, 1104 Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 1111 Nutrition and Dietetics |
SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: |
Academic Structure > Infection and Immunity Research Institute (INII) |
Journal or Publication Title: |
Exp Ther Med |
ISSN: |
1792-1015 |
Language: |
eng |
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Date | Event |
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July 2023 | Published | 19 May 2023 | Published Online | 15 May 2023 | Accepted |
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Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 |
PubMed ID: |
37346400 |
Web of Science ID: |
WOS:001012425200001 |
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https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/115547 |
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https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2023.12033 |
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