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Neuter gender
cavum, i n – cavity; organon, i n – organ
Sing.
Plur.
Nom.
cavum
organon
cava
organa
Gen.
cavi
organi
cavorum
organorum
Dat.
cavo
organo
cavis
organis
Acc.
cavum
organon
cava
organa
Abl.
cavo
organo
cavis
organis
World-formation
The suffixes of the second declension nouns
The following suffixes are used in medical terminology more often:
1) -ment-um points to the action or its result; e. g.: ligamentum, i n –
ligament (from ligare – to tie)
2) -ism-us means poisoning, unhealthy state, deviation from standard, e. g.:
botulismus, i m – botulism, hard food poisoning; rheumatismus, i m –
rheumatism
3) -ŭl-us, -ŭl-um, -cŭl-us, -ŏl-us have diminutive or affectionate meaning,
e. g.:
tuberculum, i n – tubercle;
musculus, i m – muscle
4) -īn-um, -ōl-um point to the name of medicine, e. g.:
penicillinum, i n;
validolum, i n.
The Latin-Greek equivalents of the masculine
nouns of the second declension
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