I'm no greek scholar but this was so obvious it hurt my ears listening to the butchery of scientific notation. Anyone with a cursory involvement in physics, astronomy, chemistry, mathematics, and engineering should know better, ... oh and medical research. "I am Scienece" my ass! >Greek letters are frequently used in statistical formulas and notations, in mathematical composition, in certain chemical names for drugs, and in clinical and technical terms (see 14.11, Abbreviations, Clinical, Technical, and Other Common Terms; 14.12, Abbreviations, Units of Measure; 15.0, Nomenclature; 20.0, Study Design and Statistics; and 21.0, Mathematical Composition). The editors of JAMA and the Archives Journals prefer the use of Greek letters rather than spelled-out words, unless usage dictates otherwise. Consult Dorland's and Stedman's medical dictionaries for general terms. https://www.amamanualofstyle.com/view/10.1093/jama/9780195176339.001.0001/med-9780195176339-chapter-17 >If there is one language engineers are somewhat familiar with (at least indirectly), it would be the Greek language. Why? Because Greek letters are a daily part of an engineer's life and engineers are used to throwing around their names every day. Engineers, as well as mathematicians and scientists in a number of fields, use Greek letters as an alternative for numbers or to describe an object's characteristics. https://interestingengineering.com/common-uses-greek-letters-science-maths-engineering