"Metaphor" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The application of a concept to that which it is not literally the same but which suggests a resemblance and comparison. Medical metaphors were widespread in ancient literature; the description of a sick body was often used by ancient writers to define a critical condition of the State, in which one corrupt part can ruin the entire system. (From Med Secoli Arte Sci, 1990;2(3):abstract 331)
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D019365
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| MeSH Number(s) |
K01.400.899.500 K01.752.798.500
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Metaphor" by people in Profiles.
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Early palliative care perceptions by patients with cancer and primary caregivers: metaphorical language. BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2024 Dec 19; 14(e3):e3011-e3018.
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That Dragon, Cancer-Exploring End of Life Through an Unwinnable Video Game. JAMA. 2020 Oct 13; 324(14):1379-1380.
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Aquilae non capiunt muscas (eagles don't catch flies). Plast Reconstr Surg. 2008 Dec; 122(6):1965-1967.
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"Bound in a nutshell": thoughts on complexity, reductionism, and "infinite space". Int J Psychoanal. 2007 Jun; 88(Pt 3):559-74.
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Functional MRI of conventional and anomalous metaphors in Mandarin Chinese. Brain Lang. 2007 Feb; 100(2):163-71.
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Psychological birth of the human grandfather, sometimes a complicated delivery. Am J Psychiatry. 2005 Sep; 162(9):1602-3.
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Metaphorical medicine: using metaphors to enhance communication with patients who have pulmonary disease. Ann Intern Med. 2002 Sep 03; 137(5 Part 1):376-9.