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The actuality of the topic:
The feminine nouns of the 3-rd declension are often met in the anatomic
terminology. The Greek-Latin equivalents and suffixes of the feminine nouns of
the 3-rd declension, on the base of which many clinical terms are formed, are not
less important and widely-used.
The detailed learning of the feminine endings of the 3-rd declension with the typical
endings of Gen. sing., the Greek-Latin equivalents and suffixes promotes the
enrichment of the students' vocabulary, the consolidation of the habits of
grammatically correct and well-considered use of medical terms.
2. The specific aims:
1. To know the typical endings of the feminine nouns of the 3-rd declension in
Nom. and Gen. sing.
2. To know the nouns – exceptions to the rule of gender in the vocabulary form.
3. To know the Greek-Latin equivalents of the feminine nouns of the 3-rd
declension and word terminations.
4. To know the most important suffixes of the feminine nouns of the 3-rd
declension nouns.
5. To know the stable combinations with the feminine nouns of the 3-rd
declension.
6. To know how to determine the gender and the stem type of the 3-rd
declension feminine nouns.
7. To know how to agree the 1-st group adjectives with the 3-rd declension
feminine nouns and the nouns – exceptions to the rule of gender.
8. To know how to translate the terms with the 3-rd declension feminine nouns
and the nouns – exceptions to the rule of gender.
9. To know how to form the clinical terms with the Greek-Latin equivalents of
the feminine nouns of the 3-rd declension and the suffixes, to translate the
terms from Latin into English and on the contrary.
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