Medicine seems to be moving toward more descriptive (accurate?) terminology and getting away from the the old, less-descriptive terms. VD became STD and is now STI, with I standing for Infection. No more diseases, I guess. Fallopian tubes are Uterine tubes. DM Type I & II became DM Type 1 & 2. Now that was a really useful change.
Well, the latest is Human Milk. I am a bit nonplussed. Is there a danger of misunderstanding the source if we use the heretofore standard, Breast Milk? Does anyone say breast milk in reference to anything but human milk? For crying out loud.
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