The processes of metaphorization of medical terminology in the Russian language

using the example of medical terms used in the field of anatomy, physiology, therapy, dentistry, the article considers metaphorization as one of the most productive ways of scientific nomination, proves the importance of the process of metaphorization of medical terminology, emphasizes the difference in the functioning of metaphor in artistic and scientific styles of speech, determines the reasons for the relevance of this method of terminology. Special attention is paid to the sources for discovering associations and creating metaphors in the medical terminology system, and the classification of scientific nominations formed through metaphorization is given. The article examines not only classical ancient and old medical terminological combinations, but also units related to new and newest terms with greater informative value, which is justified by the increasing complexity of medical knowledge and the connection of medicine with related sciences, and provides an example of the differences in the grounds for the emergence of associative nominations of modern and ancient times of the development of medicine. The results of the study show that the process of metaphorization of terminology is becoming more complicated, as evidenced by the appearance of secondary nominations and the conceptuality of metaphors. The metaphorization of medical terms continues to contribute to the assimilation and memorization of scientific information, the preservation and transfer of scientific knowledge, and is a special form of understanding the material world.

metaphor, metaphorization, nomination, term, terminosystem, language of medicine