Indo-European language family
Medical Dictionary
The Medical Dictionary is a specialized lexicon used by healthcare professionals to understand and communicate various medical terms and conditions. It includes definitions, descriptions, and explanations of thousands of medical terms.
Pronunciation
Medical Dictionary: /ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈdɪkʃənɛri/
Etymology
The term "Medical Dictionary" is derived from the Latin word "medicus" meaning "physician" and the English word "dictionary" which originates from the Latin "dictionarium" meaning "collection of words".
Related Terms
- Medical Terminology: The language used to precisely describe the human body, including its components, processes, conditions affecting it, and procedures performed upon it.
- Healthcare: The organized provision of medical care to individuals or a community.
- Medicine: The science and practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.
- Physician: A professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining, or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments.
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Indo-European Language Family
The Indo-European Language Family is a large, widespread family of languages, the surviving branches of which include Italic, Germanic, Baltic, Slavic, Armenian, Greek, Celtic, and Indo-Iranian, spoken by about half of the world's population.
Pronunciation
Indo-European Language Family: /ˌɪndoʊ.jʊˈroʊpiən ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ ˈfæməli/
Etymology
The term "Indo-European" is derived from the geographical features of the easternmost and westernmost extents of the languages in the family: "Indo-" refers to the Indian subcontinent, and "-European" refers to Europe.
Related Terms
- Linguistics: The scientific study of language and its structure.
- Language: The method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way.
- Culture: The arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.
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