Comment on Why don't they have simpler names for brain disorders, where perhaps even the person suffering the disorder might be able to remember the term themself?

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cynar@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Latin is used BECAUSE it is dead. It means the terms don’t drift. It also lets the names/terms be a descriptive as necessary.

Asking a doctor to memorise some Latin words is a lot easier and less error prone than a sea of acronyms.

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