− | 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. | + | 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. Le langage médical appartient à cette catégorie intermédiaire. Il émerge du langage naturel et quotidien en ajoutant des termes tels que "douleur neuropathique", "Troubles temporo-mandibulaires", "démyélinisation", "allodynie", etc. C'est pourquoi il n'a pas de syntaxe spécifique et sémantique au-delà de celle qu'il reprend du langage naturel. . 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>? |