title: Tattoos: the relationship of diagnostic and semantic meaning.
abstract: This article investigates a tattoo as a component of non-verbal semiotics of medical discourse in pathological anatomy. The purpose is to estimate the diagnostic value of tattoos on the body of patients as semiotic and symbolic aspect of medical communication. Tattoos are classified into three types: image tattoos, feature tattoos, and conventional tattoos (symbolic tattoos). Conventional tattoos are the most informative component of medical discourse symbolics because of their diagnostic value. During the investigation it has been found out that criminal tattoos have the greatest value because of their structuring, clear connection with certain diseases (tuberculosis, liver cirrhosis), and also valuable are tattoos related to drug and alcohol addiction, which are characteristic for patients with viral hepatitis, osteomyelitis.
authors: Sumy State University, Medical Institute; Department of Germanic Philology, Sumy, Ukraine.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Romaniuk
authors: Sumy State University, Medical Institute; Department of Germanic Philology, Sumy, Ukraine.
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Tatsenko
authors: Sumy State University, Medical Institute; Department of Germanic Philology, Sumy, Ukraine.
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Smeyanov
authors: Sumy State University, Medical Institute; Department of Germanic Philology, Sumy, Ukraine.
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Movchan
authors: Sumy State University, Medical Institute; Department of Germanic Philology, Sumy, Ukraine.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Moskalenko
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D057237:Criminals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D012660:Semantics; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013653:Tattooing / Q000523:psychology*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis*