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Need medical terms that originated in foreign languages - MTlong


Posted: Aug 11, 2010

I'm looking for a list of medical terms widely used in the US that have come from other languages (French, Spanish, Italian, German). An example would be "peau d'orange" to describe skin like orange peel in breast cancer inflamations. Has anyone seen such a list on the web ?

How about this one...sm - GT

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http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=d&p=19


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