title: Debate on the paper by Christopher Peterson. 'Medical slang'.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Epidemiologia e Antropologia Médica, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Uchôa
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D006801:Humans; D019365:Metaphor; D012961:Sociology; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014705:Verbal Behavior