Galician
Galician (Medicine)
Galician (pronunciation: /ɡəˈlɪʃən/; Galician: galego) is a language of the Western Ibero-Romance branch, spoken in the autonomous community of Galicia in Spain. In the context of medicine, Galician has a rich vocabulary of medical terms, many of which are shared with other Romance languages.
Etymology
The term "Galician" comes from the Latin Gallaecia, the name of the ancient Celtic tribe that inhabited the region. The language evolved from Vulgar Latin, with influences from Celtic and Germanic languages.
Medical Terminology
In Galician medical terminology, many terms are similar to those in other Romance languages, particularly Spanish and Portuguese. For example, the word for "health" is saúde, similar to the Spanish salud and the Portuguese saúde. The word for "disease" is doenza, similar to the Spanish enfermedad and the Portuguese doença.
Other important medical terms in Galician include:
- Médico - Doctor
- Enfermeira - Nurse
- Hospital - Hospital
- Farmacia - Pharmacy
- Medicamento - Medication
- Cirurxía - Surgery
- Diagnóstico - Diagnosis
- Tratamento - Treatment
- Síntoma - Symptom
- Prevención - Prevention
Related Terms
- Latin - The language from which Galician and other Romance languages evolved.
- Romance languages - A group of languages that evolved from Latin, including Galician, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, and Romanian.
- Medical terminology - The technical language of health care and medical sciences.
- Health care - The maintenance or improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, recovery, or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people.
- Pharmacy - The science and technique of preparing, dispensing, and reviewing drugs and providing additional clinical services.
- Surgery - A medical or dental specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a person to investigate or treat a pathological condition such as a disease or injury, to help improve bodily function, appearance, or to repair unwanted ruptured areas.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Galician
- Wikipedia's article - Galician
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