Just as everyday language uses metaphors to introduce new notions by referring to analogies and similarities, so does the language of medicine. The purpose of this study was to identify and explain the use and meanings of metaphors in a corpus of abstracts of 31 articles in the field of orthopaedics. The tokens were categorized according to their meaning under distinct headings. The study identified forty-three tokens, the meaning of some of which being subjected to analysis and explanations.
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