NAMES OF ANTICANCER DRUGS BY DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN MANUFACTURERS: LEXICAL AND SEMANTIC ASPECTS

Abstract

The relevance of this study is determined by the need for standardization and unification of the names of antitumor drugs, which requires an analysis of the lexico-semantic strategies employed by both domestic and foreign manufacturers. The purpose of the research is to identify specific patterns in the creation of pharmaceutical names and trace the relationship between the composition of the drug, its name, and its therapeutic effect. The following methods were used: analysis and synthesis for the theoretical examination of scientific works, comparison and generalization for the analysis of drug names and the pharmaceutical word-forming elements present in them. The study was conducted based on an analysis of fifty two names of antitumor drugs. All names were divided into four groups: 1) names containing word-forming elements indicating the presence of alkaloids; 2) names with word-forming elements pointing to a trivial chemical component; 3) names with segments indicating the therapeutic effect; 4) names whose morphemes provide no information about the functional group or chemical composition (i.e., not directly related to medicine or pharmacology). The analysis revealed that the majority of names are formed using pharmaceutical word-forming elements that indicate the chemical composition of the drug or its therapeutic effect. The largest group consists of names in group 3, which are constructed by combining various term elements, including morphemes of Latin or Greek origin, and names of chemical components. It is worth noting that most names include morphemes derived from the aforementioned languages, such as names of plants included in the composition of the drugs, as well as Greek-Latin term elements that refer to tumors or their destruction. However, English term elements are also occasionally used. Therefore, it can be concluded that in the creation of names for antitumor drugs, the most productive elements are Greco-Latin term components and English vocabulary.