The Activity of Medical Terminology Practical Committee

Kun Hwang

doi:10.5124/jkma.2002.45.10.1222

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Hwang: The Activity of Medical Terminology Practical Committee

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Journal of the Korean Medical Association 2002; 45(10): 1222-1225.

Published online: August 09, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5124/jkma.2002.45.10.1222

The Activity of Medical Terminology Practical Committee

Kun Hwang

Abstract

This article describes the activity of the "Medical termonology practical committee (MTPC) of Korean Medical Association (KMA).

In 2001, MTPC of KMA published the 4th edition of "English-Korean, Korean-English Medical terminology" which contains about 5,000 medical terms.

The MTPC will continue reviewing the vocabularies. Obsolete terms will be discarded, new terms will be added, and the remainder will be revised by through-going revision of vocabulary.

Our aim is to reflect the current usage of medical terms in the form of easily understandable Korean terms.

Keywords: Medical termonology; Vocabulary; Revision