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Tentative Analysis of the Building of Medical English Terms and General English Words

Yang Xiaogang

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There are some similarities and differences in the building of medical English terms and general English words,and a good knowledge of them will benefit English learning,especially medical English learning.This paper makes a comparative study of the combination and shortening of medical terms and compounding,derivation and clipping of general English words.

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There are some similarities and differences in the building of medical English terms and general English words,and a good knowledge of them will benefit English learning,especially medical English learning.This paper makes a comparative study of the combination and shortening of medical terms and compounding,derivation and clipping of general English words.

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There are some similarities and differences in the building of medical English terms and general English words,and a good knowledge of them will benefit English learning,especially medical English learning.This paper makes a comparative study of the combination and shortening of medical terms and compounding,derivation and clipping of general English words.

Key concepts: Clipping (morphology), Linguistics, Medicine, Mathematics education, Psychology, Philosophy

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