MULTICORED STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH ORTHODONTIC TERMINOLOGY

Abstract

Modern medical terminology includes means of expression and transmission of special medical, scientific, and technical concepts, formed in a direct proportion with the development of science and technology. As a result of centuries of world treatment changes and medical science development, such vocabulary grows in a complex system of medical and paramedical terms. One of the branches of medical terminology is orthodontics, a relatively young science that deals with the treatment of malformation and wrong teeth position, as well as the maxillofacial skeleton, and which was originated in the United States at the beginning of the last century. Its intensive development necessitates the study of the terms of this field. The article is devoted to the study of the multicored structure of English orthodontic terminology.

The objective of the article is to systematize and categorize English orthodontic terminology, to identify its main cores and macrofields. The study is based on the methods of synthesis, analysis of the terms of the English orthodontic discourse on the material of monographs, professional articles and the linguistic corpus "English Corpora".

The basis of orthodontic terminology is orthodontics itself, which includes 4 core groups: anatomy of the oral cavity, symptoms and diseases, professional orthodontic activities, and treatments. Each of the core groups has macrofields, which form its basis, which is determined by the high frequency of use of these words in English corpora. In particular, the main core units of the macrofield "anatomy of the oral cavity" are teeth and oral organs; for "symptoms and diseases», it is malocclusion and its classes; "professional orthodontic activity" includes orthodontic history and diagnosis of malocclusion; and "treatments" include tools, mostly brackets, braces and pliers. Further prospects for the study are to determine the role of orthodontic terminology in medical discourse, the frequency of its use in medical texts, as well as to identify relationships, common features and differences in orthodontic and dental terminology.