Give an example of how scientific naming is important to the study of medicine?

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Two examples of why scientific naming is important:

1. Common names lack identifiability - There are so many pieces and parts to the body that creating an anglo-saxon name for each would end up with a whole bunch of similar Words for different things

2. Importantly, Latin names have a fixed meaning (dead language!). What is diverticulitis today was diverticulitis a hundred years ago and will be five hundred years from now. English is a living language and Word meanings evolve. Dropsy sounds maybe like the affliction of most klutzes, doesn't it? Well, it wasn't!

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