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(Created page with "{{Bookind2}} <languages /> {{Subhead}}<!--__NOEDITSECTION__--> left|300px <translate><!--T:1--> In this chapter, we will discuss the current medical language. Specifically, we will discuss the study of the relationships between linguistic expressions and the world to which they refer, or which they should describe.</translate> <translate><!--T:2--> The conclusion is that once the vagueness and ambiguity of this form of language (and t...") |
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==<translate><!--T:4--> Medical language is an extended natural language</translate>== | ==<translate><!--T:4--> Medical language is an extended natural language</translate>== | ||
<translate><!--T:5--> Language is a source of misunderstandings and errors and in medicine: actually, often the language we use leaves us in trouble because it is semantically underdeveloped and does not agree with standard scientific ideas.</translate> <translate><!--T:6--> To better explain this concept, which apparently seems off-topic, we must describe some essential characteristics of the logic of language that will make us better understand why a term like ''orofacial pain'' can take on a different meaning following a classical logic or a formal one.</translate> | <translate><!--T:5--> Language is a source of misunderstandings and errors and in medicine: actually, often the language we use leaves us in trouble because it is semantically underdeveloped and does not agree with standard scientific ideas.</translate> <translate><!--T:6--> To better explain this concept, which apparently seems off-topic, we must describe some essential characteristics of the logic of language that will make us better understand why a term like ''orofacial pain'' can take on a different meaning following a classical logic or a formal one.</translate> | ||
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File:Spasmo emimasticatorio.jpg|'''<translate><!--T:46--> Figure</translate> 1:''' <translate><!--T:47--> Patient reporting 'orofacial pain' in the right hemilateral face</translate> | File:Spasmo emimasticatorio.jpg|'''<translate><!--T:46--> Figure</translate> 1:''' <translate><!--T:47--> Patient reporting 'orofacial pain' in the right hemilateral face</translate> | ||
File:Spasmo emimasticatorio ATM.jpg|'''<translate><!--T:48--> Figure</translate> 2:''' <translate><!--T:49--> Patient’s TMJ stratigraphy showing signs of condylar flattening and osteophyte</translate> | File:Spasmo emimasticatorio ATM.jpg|'''<translate><!--T:48--> Figure</translate> 2:''' <translate><!--T:49--> Patient’s TMJ stratigraphy showing signs of condylar flattening and osteophyte</translate> | ||
File:Atm1 sclerodermia.jpg|'''<translate><!--T:50--> Figure</translate> 3:''' <translate><!--T:51--> Computed tomography of the TMJ which confirms the stratigraphy in figure 2</translate> | File:Atm1 sclerodermia.jpg|'''<translate><!--T:50--> Figure</translate> 3:''' <translate><!--T:51--> Computed tomography of the TMJ which confirms the stratigraphy in figure 2</translate> | ||
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==<translate><!--T:52--> What does a medical term mean</translate>== | ==<translate><!--T:52--> What does a medical term mean</translate>== | ||
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{{q4|... <translate><!--T:180--> could the logic of Classical language help us to solve the poor Mary Poppins' dilemma?</translate>|<translate><!--T:181--> You will see that much of medical thinking is based on [[The logic of classical language|the logic of Classical language]] but there are limits</translate>}} | {{q4|... <translate><!--T:180--> could the logic of Classical language help us to solve the poor Mary Poppins' dilemma?</translate>|<translate><!--T:181--> You will see that much of medical thinking is based on [[The logic of classical language|the logic of Classical language]] but there are limits</translate>}} | ||