Standardization of traditional iranian medicine terminology
- Autores: Hamid Namavar, Mitra Mehrabani Zeinabad, Haleh Tajadini
- Localización: QUID: Investigación, Ciencia y Tecnología, ISSN-e 2462-9006, ISSN 1692-343X, Nº. Extra 1, 2017, págs. 2260-2266
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Traditional Iranian Medicine owes its origin to Persia (Iran). However, it has undergone several transformations and is known at present by different names in different parts of the world. This project aimed at standardizing and defining the various original Persian and Arabic terms used in Traditional Iranian Medicine in English in order to make them understandable in English. It is indeed a commendable initiative. For the correct pronunciation of the terms, standard diacritical marks were adopted. The current quality-descriptive study evaluated the Iranian traditional reference books, and after data extraction and concept analysis, results were categorized and translated intoEnglish and the equivalent terms were English and the equivalentterms were determined.This work contains both clinical and non-clinical terms along with their explanations the current study employed purposive sampling method.The present study results help to provide a better understanding on the classical concepts of Traditional Iranian Medicine After selection of the reference books and extraction of equivalent technical words, the prepared context was translated into a fluent and formal scientific English text on the principles of Traditional Iranian Medicine.Better understanding of Iranian traditional terminology is possible only through the application of terms in the context; hence, giving the equivalents in a dictionary, cannot meet all purposes of the term. The current study aimed at providing the concepts of words, terminology, and technical terms of traditional medicine as the most appropriate and comprehensive context on Traditional Iranian Medicine.
