STYLISTIC FEATURES AND DISCURSIVE DYNAMICS OF MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY IN THE UZBEK LANGUAGE

This article explores the stylistic features and discursive realization of medical terminology in the Uzbek language, analyzing it from a linguopragmatic, stylistic, and communicative perspective. It examines the use of medical terms across scientific, official, professional, and popular styles, highlighting their abbreviated, metaphorical, and metonymic forms in discourse. Furthermore, the study discusses processes of simplification and explanation in doctor–patient communication, the cross-stylistic transfer of terms, semantic expansion, psycholinguistic adaptation, and their integration into the modern Uzbek lexical system. This investigation underscores the pivotal role of medical terminology in both professional and public communication, reflecting broader socio-cultural and cognitive dynamics.