Медицинский дискурс как объект исследования лингвистики текста (на примере использования терминов «аборт», «выкидыш» в устной и письменной речи врачей-акушеров-гинекологов)

Abstract

The paper aims to identify specificity of using medical terminology, in particular, the terms “abortion” and “amblosis” in oral and written medical discourse of obstetricians-gynaecologists and their patients. Scientific originality of the study lies in the fact that the authors analyse obstetricians-gynaecologists’ use of medical terminology when inquiring a patient and filling out medical forms. The research findings are as follows: the authors show that the highly specialized term “abortion” is often substituted by its colloquial synonym “amblosis”, which correlates with modern tendencies of the Russian language development. The conclusions are made about the necessity to be careful with medical terminology.