Reforma ortográfica da língua portuguesa no Brasil e na dermatologia

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Abstract:The Brazilian Portuguese language orthographic reform has promoted changes in writing in less than 2% of its lexis. However, these changes have affected medical practice. The authors present in this article the main changes in the orthographic rules and gather a group of words that have had their spelling altered by this new language reform emphasizing the dermatological terms. Keywords: Dermatology; Language; Vocabulary Resumo: A reforma ortográfica da língua portuguesa promoveu modificações na escrita em menos de 2% das palavras do vocabulário, porém essas alterações têm-se mostrado sensíveis no cotidiano médico. Os autores apresentam as principais mudanças das regras ortográficas e reúnem um grupo de exemplos de palavras cuja grafia foi alterada pela nova reforma, enfatizando os termos dermatológicos. Palavras-chave: Dermatologia; Linguagem; Vocabulário ©2011 by Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia COMUNICATIONLanguage is one of the most characteristic cultural manifestation of a group of people being itself an element of national integration. Its dynamic character is unquestionable which makes periodic reforms necessary. 1 The 2009 spelling reform of the Portuguese language or ortographic reform is in force in Brazil since January, 2010 and its final implementation is expected to be achieved up to 2012. Although controvertial, it had the aim of bringing together the cultures of the eight countries that have the Portuguese language as their idiom. 2 Although less than 2% of its lexicon has changed these changes have affected the routine of medical practice and, for now, they generate disagreements even among distinguished lexicographers.There are not yet publications to guide doctors on the changes arising from the reform in relation to medical writing. Dermatology is a specialty with a huge amount of vocabulary, full of adjectives and jargon that have also changed.The most significant changes were in the accents of the words.Homographic words had the differential accents abolished as in: pelo, polo, pela, pera, para. However, when the accent distinguishes verbal tenses they were kept as in: intervém/intervêm, tem/têm, vem/vêm, detém/detêm, pode/pôde, convém/convêm, mantém/mantêm. They were also kept in pôr and por.Words spelled or written with umlaut had it abolished. Words such as unguento, arguição, frequente, subsequente, sequela, consequente, cinquenta, consanguíneo, sequência and tranquilo; have a different spelling now. Umlauts arising from names and its derivatives such as: Köbner, Schönlein, Schüller, Löfgren, Löwestein, Sjögren, Björnstad, Gökerman, Könen, Vörner, Münchausen, Müller and mülleriano, were not altered.