The amazing language of medicine : understanding medical terms and their backstories /: understanding medical terms and their backstories. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Robert B. Taylor.
• Authors: Taylor, Robert B
• Contents: About Medical Words and Their Origins -- Medical Words with Mythological Origins -- Descriptive Medical Terms: Activities, Actions, and Appearances -- Medical Words from Various Languages -- Medical Words Linked to Places -- Medical Metaphor, Simile, and Onomatopoeia -- Eponymous and Honorary Medical Terms -- Medical Authorisms and Their Creators -- Medical Words with Intriguing Origins -- Medical Words with Confusing and Controversial Origins.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 610.1/4; Medicine; Medicine -- Language; Terminology as Topic; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference; MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine; MEDICAL -- Atlases; MEDICAL -- Essays; MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice; MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine; MEDICAL -- Osteopathy; Medicine -- Language; Medicine & Public Health; History of Medicine; General Practice / Family Medicine; Primary Care Medicine; General practice; Family medicine; Emergency medicine; Medical -- History; History of medicine; Electronic books; Electronic book
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319503288; 3319503286; 3319503278; 9783319503271
• Related ISBNs: 9783319503271
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 14, 2017).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.