The sheer volume of medical terminology is astounding. While terms are named according to generic greco-anatomical associations, even more seem to be idiosyncratically identified by the plethora of seventeenth to twentieth century medical researchers who happened to figure out how a given body part works. Since the human body is full of interconnected system with multiple functions, terminology was heterogeneously developed between research subspecialties and chaotically integrated in the modern lexicon.
Don’t even get me started on acronyms.
Is it about time to redevelop the basic medical lexicon from the ground up? Is it even possible to structure such a lexicon in a non-idiosyncratic fashion?
