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    Two-word expressions

    Unit 0000
    Make 15 two-word expressions connected with medicine by combining words from the
    two lists: A and B. Match each expression with the appropriate phrase. Use each word
    once. The first one has been done for you as an example.

    A B
    allergic anaesthetic
    balanced attack
    bedside clock
    biological death
    bone diet
    brain intervention
    clinical manner
    digestive marrow
    general practitioner
    general reaction
    heart surgery
    malignant system
    plastic tooth
    primary trial
    surgical tumour

    1. A condition in which the heart has a 9. An effect produced by a substance to which


    reduced blood supply because one of the a person has an allergy, such as sneezing or
    arteries becomes blocked by a blood clot, a skin rash.
    causing myocardial ischaemia and
    myocardial infarction
    heart attack 10. A trial carried out in a medical laboratory on
    a person or on tissue from a person.
    2. A substance given to make someone lose
    consciousness so that a major surgical
    operation can be carried out 11. A tumour which is cancerous and can grow
    again or spread into other parts of the
    body, even if removed surgically.
    3. Soft tissue in cancellous bone.

    12. A doctor who provides first-line medical


    4. The treatment of disease or other condition care for all types of illness to people who
    by surgery. live locally, refers them to hospital if
    necessary and encourages health
    promotion.
    5. Any one of the first twenty teeth which
    develop in children between about six
    months and two-and-a-half years of age, 13. The rhythm of daily activities and bodily
    and are replaced by the permanent teeth at processes such as eating, defecating or
    around the age of six. sleeping, frequently controlled by
    hormones, which repeats every twenty-four
    hours.
    6. Surgery to repair damaged or malformed
    parts of the body.
    14. The set of organs such as the stomach, liver
    and pancreas which are associated with the
    7. A condition in which the nerves in the brain digestion of food.
    stem have died, and the person can be
    certified as dead, although the heart may
    not have stopped beating. 15. A diet that provides all the nutrients needed
    in the correct proportions.

    8. The way in which a doctor behaves towards


    a patient, especially a patient who is in bed.

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    For reference see A & C Black Dictionary of Medical Terms (0 7136 7603 5).
    Unit 0000
    Plural formation
    In Column A of this table there are 25 nouns relating to medicine. For each of the nouns
    decide whether the correct plural form is in Column B or Column C and then circle it.

    The first question has been done for you as an example.

    Column A Column B Column C

    1. stratum stratums strata


    2. foot foots feet
    3. fibula fibulae fibulas
    4. glomerulus glomerulae glomeruli
    5. abscess abscesses abscessi
    6. joint jointes joints
    7. bulla bullae bullas
    8. testis testises testes
    9. septum septa septums
    10. oesophagus oesophaguses oesophagi
    11. diagnosis diagnoses diagnosises
    12. humerus humeruses humeri
    13. syringe syringes syringae
    14. acetabulum acetabula acetabulums
    15. larva larvae larvi
    16. chorda chordas chordae
    17. varix varices varixi
    18. fungus fungi funguses
    19. ganglion ganglions ganglia
    20. villus villi villae
    21. atrium atria atriums
    22. pons pontes ponses
    23. ovum ovums ova
    24. bout bouts boutae
    25. cortex cortexes cortices

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    For reference see A & C Black Dictionary of Medical Terms (0 7136 7603 5).

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