Variation, Synonymy and Terminological Equivalence in Monolingual and Bilingual Medical Dictionaries

Technical & scientific terms coexist with those of a more popular, regional, or other syntactical variety. Those terms that are nearly synonymous are not accessible in some dictionaries because they have no accepted related terminology. Some such quasi-synonyms are analyzed from some medical dictionaries, especially in Brazilian dermatology. A model of microstructure for other designations for cross-reference to established terms is proposed. There is a conceptual unity among these other designations as an index of codes for related terms. 22 References. Adapted from the source document