Keywords
drug names
pharmaceutical terminology
medical discourse
comparative linguistics
English
Uzbek
terminology
semantics.
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Abstract
The development of modern medicine and pharmaceutical industries has significantly increased the number of drug names used in professional and public communication. These names, known as pharmaconyms, represent a specialized subgroup of medical terminology and play an important role in healthcare discourse. This article examines the linguistic characteristics of drug names as pharmaconyms in English and Uzbek. The study focuses on semantic, structural, and pragmatic aspects of pharmaconyms and identifies similarities and differences in their formation and adaptation. The research demonstrates that English pharmaconyms are primarily based on Greco-Latin linguistic elements, while Uzbek pharmaconyms are largely adapted through transliteration and phonetic modification. The findings contribute to comparative linguistics, terminology studies, medical discourse analysis, and translation theory.References
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