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Nous sommes évidemment devant une série de sujets qui méritent une discussion adéquate car ils concernent le diagnostic clinique.   

Nous sommes évidemment devant une série de sujets qui méritent une discussion adéquate car ils concernent le diagnostic clinique.   

Unlike the formal languages of mathematics, logic and computer programming (which are artificial systems of signs with precise rules of syntax and semantics), most scientific languages develop as a simple expansion of natural language with a mix of some technical terms. 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.

Contrairement aux langages formels des mathématiques, de la logique et de la programmation informatique (qui sont des systèmes de signes artificiels avec des règles de syntaxe et de sémantique précises), la plupart des langages scientifiques se développent comme une simple expansion du langage naturel avec un mélange de quelques termes techniques. 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.

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>?