Exercise 1. Practise the pronunciation:
Bacillus [bə ' siləs]
Tetanus ['tetənəs]
Vague [veig]
Nightmare [ `nait meə]
Delirious [di 'liriəs]
Lockjaw [` lɔkdʒɔ:]
Trismus [trizməs]
Height [hait]
Drawing [drɔ:iŋ]
Clenched [klentòt]
Protruded [prə 'tru:did]
Opisthotonus [ou 'pisqə…]
Seizure ['si: ʒ ə]
Afebrile [ei 'fi:bril]
Ensue [in ' sju:]
Lessening [lesəniŋ]
Exercise 2. Topic vocabulary:
Bacillus (pl. bacilli) бацила, паличка
Vague нечіткий, неясний, туманний
Nightmare кошмар, жах, страшний сон
To become delirious стати шаленим, божевільним
Lockjaw тризм щелепи, правець
Trismus трізм (судорожне зціплення щелеп)
Height of disease розпал (пік) хвороби
To draw up витягувати
Clenched міцно стиснутий
Protruded (lips) випнуті губи
Opisthotonus опістотонус
Seizure приступ, напад, припадок
Afebrile безгарячковий
To ensue виникати, випливати
To lessen скорочувати,зменшуватися
Exercise 3. Read the words paying attention to the rules of reading:
c,s,t, before ia, ie, io [ ò ]
Posi tio n, suffi cie nt, remis sio n, ini tia l, pa tie nt, urina tio n, expres sio n, artifi cia l, poten tia l, incuba tio n, spe cia l, infec tio us, fa cia l, essen tia l, permis sio n, insuffi cie nt, mo tio n, defi cie ncy.
Exercise 4. Form the words with the help of negative prefixes. Translate them into Russian:
Dis – like, function, connect, agree, locate, place, continue, section, solvent.
Ir – regular, responsible, relevant, resistible, radiation, reversible, reducible.
Im – possible, practical, mobile, moral, balance, maturity, potency, purity.
Un – necessary, reliable, fortunately, consciousness, dress, infected, mixed.
Mal – formation, nutrition, occlusion,position, treatment, presentation, rotation.
Exercise 5. Read the words with the same root. State the part of speech and translate them into Russian:
Face – facial, slow – slowly; connect – connection; pelvis – pelvic; compose – composition; rapid – rapidly; base – basic; recover – recovery; remove – removal; survive – survival; tender – tenderness, restless – restlessness; breath – breathing.
Exercise 6. Translate the following word combinations:
Incubation period, infectious disease, to open the mouth, typical facial expression, urination, in case, to gain entrance into the body, painful spasms, characteristic picture, angles of the mouth, severe headache, masticating muscles, severe pain, attack, fever.
Exercise 7. Match medical terms with the proper definitions:
| 1. tetanus 2. tetany 3. toxin 4. urination 5. spasm 6. trismus | Spasm of the jaw muscles, keeping the jaw tightly closed. An acute infectious disease, affecting the nervous system, caused by the bacterium Clostridium tetani. The periodic discharge of urine from the bladder through the urethra. Spasm and twitching of the muscles, particularly those of the face, hands, and feet. A poison produced by a living organism, especially by a bacterium. A sustained involuntary muscular contraction, which may occur either as part of a generalized disorder, such as a spastic paralysis, or as a local response to an otherwise unconnected painful condition. |
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