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kind of disease and changes his opinion about himself and begins to look on the positive side.
Metaphorical combinations are considered very important not only in a novel or poems, but also in
the field of medicine.
The language of medicine can be as clear as mud. A key reason for this is clinical medicine is
not exact science but more of a blended art form of science.
Next, let’s begin with three dominant concepts which are related to the word “health”, they
are patient, disease and Physician (doctor). Here are examples of the following types of
metaphorical terms listed below, such as war metaphor, parental metaphor, engineering metaphor,
sport metaphors.
(1-rasm)
In these examples, the doctors are like captain of battlefield and patient is compared to
battleground.
(2-rasm)
(3-rasm)
(4-rasm)
In these examples, such words are used that are close to and correspond to the above
metaphorical terms, for example, in the parental metaphorical terms that given the words of child
and parent, and in the metaphorical terms of engineering, we can distinguish these types by using
words such as malfunction, engineer or mechanic and etc.
War metaphor
-physician is war captain patient is a battleground Parental metaphor
Physician is a having parent Patient is a child Engineering metaphor
Disease is malfunction Physician is an engineer or mechanic Patient is a machine Sports metaphor
Disease is a rival Physician is a coach Patient is a boxer