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Author(s) -
Neumann Paul E.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1098-2353
pISSN - 0897-3806
DOI - 10.1002/ca.22995
Subject(s) - spelling , confusion , linguistics , medicine , neologism , noun , word (group theory) , proper noun , natural language processing , computer science , philosophy , psychology , psychoanalysis
Spelling variants are common in Latin anatomical terms. Some of these variants cause confusion with respect to the meaning of the word by altering the base of the word to resemble a different word base. Thus these variants should be considered errors, comparable to errors in declension of nouns and adjectives, and errors in the formation of neologisms. Use of correct Latin words in Latin anatomical terms should increase the rigor, stability, and universality of the nomenclature. Clin. Anat. 31:77–80, 2018. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.