- Author Committee
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Section 1 Preparing an Article for Publication
- 1 Types of Articles
- 2 Manuscript Preparation
- 3 References
- 4 Visual Presentation of Data
- 5 Ethical and Legal Considerations
- 6 Editorial Assessment and Processing
- Section 2 Style
- 7 Grammar
- 8 Punctuation
- 9 Plurals
- 10 Capitalization
- 11 Correct and Preferred Usage
- 12 Non-English Words, Phrases, and Accent Marks
- 13 Medical Indexes
- Section 3 Terminology
- 14 Abbreviations
- 15 Nomenclature
- Acknowledgments
- References
- 15.1 Blood Groups, Platelet Antigens, and Granulocyte Antigens
- 15.3 Cardiology
- 15.4 Drugs
- 15.5 Equipment, Devices, and Reagents
- 15.6 Genetics
- 15.7 Hemostasis
- 15.9 Isotopes
- 15.10 Molecular Medicine
- 15.12 Obstetric Terms
- 15.13 Ophthalmology Terms
- 15.14 Organisms and Pathogens
- 15.16 Pulmonary, Respiratory, and Blood Gas Terminology
- 16 Eponyms
- 17 Greek Letters
- Section 4 Measurement and Quantitation
- 18 Units of Measure
- 19 Numbers and Percentages
- 20 Study Design and Statistics
- 21 Mathematical Composition
- Section 5 Technical Information
- 22 Typography
- 23 Manuscript Editing and Proofreading
- 24 Glossary of Publishing Terms
- 25 Resources
- Index
(p. 529) Nomenclature
- Chapter:
- (p. 529) Nomenclature
- Author(s):
Margaret A. Winker
, Richard M. Glass
, and Harriet S. Meyer
- DOI:
- 10.1093/jama/9780195176339.003.0015
This chapter is devoted to nomenclature: systematically formulated names for specific entities. Biological nomenclature dates back at least to the 18th century. Since the mid-20th century, many biomedical disciplines have established committees to develop and promulgate official systems of nomenclature. Accelerating knowledge, particularly from molecular biology, necessitated the official biomedical nomenclature systems, sometimes with dramatic results. For instance, a single coagulation factor had been referred to by 14 different names...
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- Author Committee
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Section 1 Preparing an Article for Publication
- 1 Types of Articles
- 2 Manuscript Preparation
- 3 References
- 4 Visual Presentation of Data
- 5 Ethical and Legal Considerations
- 6 Editorial Assessment and Processing
- Section 2 Style
- 7 Grammar
- 8 Punctuation
- 9 Plurals
- 10 Capitalization
- 11 Correct and Preferred Usage
- 12 Non-English Words, Phrases, and Accent Marks
- 13 Medical Indexes
- Section 3 Terminology
- 14 Abbreviations
- 15 Nomenclature
- Acknowledgments
- References
- 15.1 Blood Groups, Platelet Antigens, and Granulocyte Antigens
- 15.3 Cardiology
- 15.4 Drugs
- 15.5 Equipment, Devices, and Reagents
- 15.6 Genetics
- 15.7 Hemostasis
- 15.9 Isotopes
- 15.10 Molecular Medicine
- 15.12 Obstetric Terms
- 15.13 Ophthalmology Terms
- 15.14 Organisms and Pathogens
- 15.16 Pulmonary, Respiratory, and Blood Gas Terminology
- 16 Eponyms
- 17 Greek Letters
- Section 4 Measurement and Quantitation
- 18 Units of Measure
- 19 Numbers and Percentages
- 20 Study Design and Statistics
- 21 Mathematical Composition
- Section 5 Technical Information
- 22 Typography
- 23 Manuscript Editing and Proofreading
- 24 Glossary of Publishing Terms
- 25 Resources
- Index