What you are saying is that the users of the term in its scientific sense should invent another? Or that ignorance of proper use should prevail?
More's the pity, that's the way language goes.
For instance, take the original meanings of "gay" and "partner"; if you try to use the earlier proper terms you're likely to be misunderstood, or at least your meaning may be in doubt or cause nervous titters. Because of almost universal misuse, if you test the utterance "epicenter" by the proper scientific meaning you're going to be confused, to say the least.
What rules in the end is what most people understand. It's often a shame that useful words are ruined for their original use, and new terms will need to be applied if the old meanings are to be communicated.