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The higher state educational establishment of Ukraine

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It has turned out historically that the Greeks have originated sciences and<br />

have given their lexical material for the naming <strong>of</strong> scientific and everyday objects.<br />

Later on this word-forming tradition passed to the Romans. Both Greek and Latin<br />

languages are used in scientific naming. Greek terms-elements are used more <strong>of</strong>ten<br />

in the clinical terminology, Latin ones – in the anatomic terminology.<br />

A lot <strong>of</strong> clinical terms (names <strong>of</strong> diseases, pathological processes, methods <strong>of</strong><br />

investigation and treatment etc.) are compound words formed by the joining <strong>of</strong> two<br />

or more word-forming elements derived from Greek on the whole. By their position<br />

terms-elements may be initial (standing in the beginning <strong>of</strong> a word), intermediate<br />

(in the middle <strong>of</strong> a word), finite (in the end <strong>of</strong> a word). E. g.:<br />

hyper-glyk-aemia (the heightened content <strong>of</strong> sugar in the blood);<br />

chole-cyst-itis (the inflammation <strong>of</strong> the gall-bladder).<br />

One and the same term-element may be initial as well as finite. Depending on<br />

the position it may change its form: haem-o-philia, haemat-uria, ur-aemia.<br />

Terms-elements are joined between themselves directly or with the help <strong>of</strong><br />

connecting vowels. If the second term-element begins with a vowel, the connecting<br />

vowel is usually not used. If the second term-element begins with a consonant, the<br />

joining vowel is used. When Greek terms-elements are joined the connecting vowel<br />

-o- is used, when Latin ones are joined, the connecting vowels -i- or -o- are used.<br />

<strong>The</strong> materials for self-control:<br />

1. <strong>The</strong> tasks for self-control<br />

Task<br />

Translate the terms into Latin:<br />

1. Any joint disease. 2. Displacement <strong>of</strong> the liver. 3. Excision <strong>of</strong> the kidney.<br />

4. A pathological accumulation <strong>of</strong> air in tissues or organs. 5. Bile in the blood. 6.<br />

5

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