ArticleInternational Journal of Research in Medical Sciences

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Linguistic malady in medical literature: the horrible homonyms

Int J Res Med Sci. 2026;14(6):2702-2704.DOI10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20261730

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Abstract

As a medical student for 10 years, and then as a teacher for 25 years-the author has found and felt the semantic confusions (i.e. ambiguity about words and their meanings) in medical students/literature widespread. It is a commentary-correlating confusing realities from various standard sources of scientific medical literature. Suggesting some approaches for improvement.

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  1. Department of Pharmacology, GMERS Medical College, Morbi, Gujarat, India

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