Type of Article : Review
Year: 2015 | Volume 3 | Issue 2 | Page No. 988-990
Date of Publication: 30-04-2015
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.16965/ijar.2015.137
IT IS TIME THE STERNUM GETS A NEW NAME
Munawwar Husain 1, Mohd Asrarul Haque *2, Mohammad Mojahid Anwar 3, Faiz Ahmad 4, Jawed Ahmad Usmani 5, Nema Usman 6.
1 Professor and fmr Medical Superintendent, Department of Forensic Medicine, J N Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India.
*2 JR-III, Department of Forensic Medicine, J N Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India.
3 JR-II, Department of Forensic Medicine, J N Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India.
4 JR-I, Department of Forensic Medicine, J N Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India.
5 Professor & Chairman, Department of Forensic Medicine, J N Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India.
6 Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, J N Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India.
Address: Dr Mohd Asrarul Haque, JR-III, Departments of Forensic Medicine, J N Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202 002, India. Mobile No.: +91 9045567792 / +91 8755198534
E-Mail: asrar428@gmail.com
Abstract
Names of objects change over a period of time. New words come up to keep in line with innovations and technology. Neologism requires that the new word entrant should be concise, phonetically strong and resemble the function to which the word may be used. Internet language is the latest invention in which the word has been so abbreviated that at times the user is frightened that its continuous usage would finally obliterate the real word. To counter that threat old-timers adopt duality in action, i.e., they would use internet language while using internet portfolio and would revert to the old language while scripting text. However, in certain cases it is better to discard the old robe in favor of new when the coined word would instill more confidence and is in harmony to the function it is required to perform. In this way the word is remembered accurately and used with finesse. Presented in this paper is the strong defense for change of the word “sternum” to “saber” and reason why this change is desired.
KEY WORDS: Sternum, Saber, Manubrium, Xiphisternum.
References
- Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, Encyclopedia Britannica Inc., 1981 (a) Sternum (NL, fr. Gk sternon means breast, chest, breastbone; akin to OHG sterna forehead.) (b) Sabre (F saber, modif. of G dial. sable – a military sword with a usual curved blade having a cutting edge, a thick back, and a guard for the hand. (c) Breast (n-s often attrib [ ME brust breast, ON brjost, Goth brusts breast] either of two protuberant milk-producing glandular organs situated on the front of the chest or thorax in the human female and some other mammals and normally fuctional only during the period of lactation after pregnancy.
- Kircher KF: How the sacrum got its name. JAMA, 1997; 258(3):325
- (sacrum- the os sacrum derived from Gk Heiron was not only considered “holy” and “sacred”, but also “strong”, “vigorous”, and “high” because of its sacred duty to protect genitalia and the necessity for it to remain an intact bone as nidus for resurrection at the Day of Judgment.
Munawwar Husain, Mohd Asrarul Haque, Mohammad Mojahid Anwar, Faiz Ahmad, Jawed Ahmad Usmani, Nema Usman. IT IS TIME THE STERNUM GETS A NEW NAME. Int J Anat Res 2015;3(2):988-990. DOI: 10.16965/ijar.2015.137