Words to the wise: Words that count
| العنوان: | Words to the wise: Words that count |
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| المؤلفون: | Grant Hutchison |
| المصدر: | BMJ. 317:121-121 |
| بيانات النشر: | BMJ, 1998. |
| سنة النشر: | 1998 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Computer science, General Engineering, General Medicine, Latin word, medicine.disease, Linguistics, Calx, Diminutive, Acalculia, medicine, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, medicine.symptom, Calculus (medicine), Word (group theory), General Environmental Science |
| الوصف: | It is possible to suffer simultaneously from acalculia and renal calculi, which is an odd state of affairs, on reflection. Both terms come from the Latin calculus , a small stone: a word that is formed by adding a diminutive ending to calx, the Latin word for chalk or limestone. Calx gives us our words calcium and calcine ; but the os calcis , you may note, is not a particularly chalky bone. For reasons unknown, the Romans also used calx to mean “heel,” and our word recalcitrant derives from that usage: it suggests a person who is liable to kick with their heels, like a mule. But we should return to the little stones: they can be used to calculate … |
| تدمد: | 1468-5833 0959-8138 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::546728d169543a291ec6a3fbce642d90Test https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.317.7151.121Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi...........546728d169543a291ec6a3fbce642d90 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 14685833 09598138 |
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