LINGUOCULTURAL FOUNDATIONS OF CLINICAL TERMINOLOGY IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK: A CONTRASTIVE STUDY
Keywords:
clinical terminology, linguoculturology, English, Uzbek, medical discourse, equivalence, euphemism, patient-centred communication.Abstract
Clinical terminology identifies diseases, symptoms, procedures, and physiological states, but it is never completely separated from culture. This study examines the linguocultural foundations of selected English and Uzbek clinical terms and patient-oriented expressions. A qualitative, document-based contrastive method was applied to lexical and phraseological units drawn from medical-linguistic studies, clinical classifications, and analyses of doctor–patient discourse. The comparison focused on international terminology, lexical layers, synonymy, metaphor, euphemism, register, and forms of address. The results show that English and Uzbek share a standardized Greco-Latin core, but differ in the cultural framing of illness, sensitive physiological events, interpersonal respect, and patient-friendly explanation. Effective bilingual communication therefore requires terminological, cultural, and pragmatic competence.
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