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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF LEXICO-SEMANTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF MEDICAL TERMS RELATED TO PHARMACY IN AZERBAIJANI AND ARABIC
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF LEXICO-SEMANTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF MEDICAL TERMS RELATED TO PHARMACY IN AZERBAIJANI AND ARABIC

Author(s): Kubra Valiyeva
Subject(s): Language studies, Lexis, Semantics, Health and medicine and law, Turkic languages
Published by: Sage Yayınları
Keywords: pharmacology; medical terminology; medicine; prescription; dosage; Azerbaijani; Arabic;

Summary/Abstract: The study of the history of the development of medical and pharmaceutical science, which includes the principles of health care and disease prevention, and the study of terms belonging to these fields, which have undergone a great evolution to modern times, are crucial and topical for modern time. It is clear from research that the East has a great role in the development of modern medicine and pharmacology. Mutual study of medical terms used in medicine and pharmacology by Azerbaijanis and Arabs might help to study this area. The article deals with the history of medicine in Azerbaijan and the Arabia. Furthermore, in addition to giving examples of medical terms related to pharmacology in both languages, the lexical and semantic meanings of some of these terms were explained. The author concludes that the mutual study of medical terms used in both languages might make useful contributions to the science of pharmacology.

  • Issue Year: 13/2021
  • Issue No: 52
  • Page Range: 439-445
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: English