− | A diferencia de los lenguajes formales de las matemáticas, la lógica y la programación informática (que son sistemas artificiales de signos con reglas precisas de sintaxis y semántica), la mayoría de los lenguajes científicos se desarrollan como una simple expansión del lenguaje natural con una mezcla de algunos términos técnicos. The medical language belongs to this intermediate category. It emerges from natural and everyday language by adding terms such as 'neuropathic pain', 'Temporomandibular Disorders', 'demyelination', 'allodynia', etc. This is why it has no specific and semantic syntax beyond the one it takes from natural language. For example, let's consider the term 'disease' referring to the patient Mary Poppins: this is a term that indicates the fundamental concept of medicine, disease at the base of nosology and clinical research and practice. It is expected to be a well-defined technical term, yet it is still an indefinite term. | + | A diferencia de los lenguajes formales de las matemáticas, la lógica y la programación informática (que son sistemas artificiales de signos con reglas precisas de sintaxis y semántica), la mayoría de los lenguajes científicos se desarrollan como una simple expansión del lenguaje natural con una mezcla de algunos términos técnicos. El lenguaje médico pertenece a esta categoría intermedia. Surge del lenguaje natural y cotidiano añadiendo términos como 'dolor neuropático', 'Trastornos temporomandibulares', 'desmielinización', 'alodinia', etc. Por eso no tiene una sintaxis específica y semántica más allá de la que toma del lenguaje natural. For example, let's consider the term 'disease' referring to the patient Mary Poppins: this is a term that indicates the fundamental concept of medicine, disease at the base of nosology and clinical research and practice. It is expected to be a well-defined technical term, yet it is still an indefinite term. |
| Nobody knows what it means precisely and, apart from some philosophers of medicine, nobody is interested in its exact meaning. For example, does 'disease' concern the subject/patient or the System (as a living organism)? And consequently: can a patient who is not sick in time <math>t_n</math> live together with a system already in a state of structural damage in time <math>t_{i,-1}</math>? | | Nobody knows what it means precisely and, apart from some philosophers of medicine, nobody is interested in its exact meaning. For example, does 'disease' concern the subject/patient or the System (as a living organism)? And consequently: can a patient who is not sick in time <math>t_n</math> live together with a system already in a state of structural damage in time <math>t_{i,-1}</math>? |