Latin and Greek plural form rules and common disease eponyms used in clinical documentation.
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31 basic cards for Allied Health Medical Terminology. Set 9 of 11 in Medical Terminology. It opens with "What plural ending do Latin nouns ending in -a typically take (e.g., vertebra)?" and "What plural ending do Latin nouns ending in -us typically take (e.g., bronchus)?". Study it alongside the other Allied Health sets below.
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- What plural ending do Latin nouns ending in -a typically take (e.g., vertebra)?
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-ae (vertebra becomes vertebrae)- What plural ending do Latin nouns ending in -us typically take (e.g., bronchus)?
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-i (bronchus becomes bronchi)- What plural ending do Latin nouns ending in -um typically take (e.g., bacterium)?
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-a (bacterium becomes bacteria)- What plural ending do many Latin nouns ending in -is typically take (e.g., diagnosis)?
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-es (diagnosis becomes diagnoses)- What plural ending do many Latin nouns ending in -ix or -ex typically take (e.g., appendix)?
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-ices (appendix becomes appendices)- What plural ending do nouns ending in -nx typically take (e.g., phalanx)?
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-nges (phalanx becomes phalanges)- What plural ending do Greek-derived nouns ending in -on typically take (e.g., ganglion)?
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-a (ganglion becomes ganglia)- What plural ending do Latin nouns ending in -en typically take (e.g., foramen)?
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-ina (foramen becomes foramina)- What is the plural form of testis?
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testes- What is the plural form of femur?
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femora- What is the plural form of thorax?
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thoraces- What is the plural form of larynx?
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larynges- What is the plural form of calyx?
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calyces- Alzheimer's disease is named after which person?
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Alois Alzheimer, a German psychiatrist- Parkinson's disease is named after which person?
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James Parkinson, an English physician
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