Hypothesis, analysis and synthesis, it's all Greek to me

Ioannis Iliopoulos; Sophia Ananiadou; Antoine Danchin; John Pa Ioannidis; Peter D. Katsikis; Christos A. Ouzounis; Vasilis J. Promponas

doi:10.7554/eLife.43514

Hypothesis, analysis and synthesis, it's all Greek to me

Ioannis Iliopoulos, Sophia Ananiadou, Antoine Danchin, John Pa Ioannidis, Peter D. Katsikis, Christos A. Ouzounis, Vasilis J. Promponas

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Abstract

The linguistic foundations of science and technology include many terms that have been borrowed from ancient languages. In the case of terms with origins in the Greek language, the modern meaning can often differ significantly from the original one. Here we use the PubMed database to demonstrate the prevalence of words of Greek origin in the language of modern science, and call for scientists to exercise care when coining new terms.

Original language	English
Journal	eLife
Volume	8
Early online date	20 Feb 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.43514
Publication status	Published - 2019

Keywords

computational biology
etymology
genetics
genomics
history of science
none
scientific language
systems biology

Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms

Manchester Institute of Biotechnology

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Hypothesis, analysis and synthesis, it's all Greek to me

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