Time Has Come...To Improve Comprehension of Medical Education—Hindi Neologism

Trilok Chandra Goel1
1King George's Medical University, Lucknow, India

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The medical curriculum (teaching-learning resources) and, also, the medium of instruction/teaching in India is English. While this has advantages, this also translates into learning difficulty to a substantial population of medical students. Hindi is the 4th most common language used in the world. Unfortunately, medical literature is not available in Hindi. Also, the medical terminology in Hindi is limited. The time has now come to create medical literature in Hindi. In this article, the methodology used to create medical terms in Hindi is elaborated.

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