Most Common MED "Labels"

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CONTENTS

  1. Semantic Field Labels
  2. Grammatical Labels
  3. General Semantic (and misc.) Labels

Semantic Field Labels

LabelMeaning
agr.agriculture and horticulture
alch.alchemy, chemistry
anat.anatomy
angling.angling, fishing
arch.architecture
arith.arithmetic
arm.arms and armor
astrol.astrology
astron.astronomy
Bibl.Biblical
bot.botany
Chess.Chess
cook.cookery
cost.costume
eccl.ecclesiastical usage
game.game
geom.geometry
gram.grammar
hawk.hawking, falconry
her.heraldry
hunt.hunting, the chase
lapid.lapidary
law.law, legal usage
liturg.liturgy
logic.logic
math.mathematics
med.medicine
mil.military usage
mus.music
naut.nautical usage
num.numismatics
palm.palmistry
pathol.pathology
pharm.pharmaceutical?
phil.philosophy
philos.philosophy
phys.physics
physiog.physiognomy
physiol.physiology
rhet.rhetoric
surg.surgery
theol.theology
veter.veterinary science

Grammatical Labels

LabelMeaning
absol.absolute(ly), i.e. without object
attrib.attributive(ly)
coll.collective(ly)
comb(s).combination(s)
comp.comparative
impers.impersonal
impv.imperative
p.ppl.past participle
phr.phrase
pl.plural
ppl(s).participle(s)
pr.ppl.present participle
refl.reflexive
sg.singular
sup.superlative

General Semantic (and misc.) Labels

LabelMeaning
euph.euphemism
fig.figurative(ly)
coll.collective(ly)
impers.impersonal
iron.ironic(ally)
misc.miscellaneous
person.personification, personified
pl.plural
prov.proverbial
refl.reflexive
Scot.Scottish
sg.singular
specif.specifical(ly)

Extracted from MED vols. N,O,P,Q,R,S,T /pfs 8June98