Author: Turakulova, Oysulton; Mirzaeva, Gulasal; Buranova, Mekhkamtosh

Annotation: Metaphor is a productive way in the formation of medical terminology. In the article metaphorization as a way in the formation of medical terminology was analyzed. The main attention is paid to the structural and semantic analysis, the main thematic groups of metaphorical terms are highlighted here. On the basis of the semantic analysis on the main trends in the formation of metaphor terms in the medical field were revealed.

Keywords: metaphorical terms, structure, household, floristic, zoomorphic, anthropomorphic, geographical, geometric.