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Medical Terminology: Plural Forms and Eponyms

Latin and Greek plural form rules and common disease eponyms used in clinical documentation.

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What plural ending do Latin nouns ending in -a typically take (e.g., vertebra)?
-ae (vertebra becomes vertebrae)
What plural ending do Latin nouns ending in -us typically take (e.g., bronchus)?
-i (bronchus becomes bronchi)
What plural ending do Latin nouns ending in -um typically take (e.g., bacterium)?
-a (bacterium becomes bacteria)
What plural ending do many Latin nouns ending in -is typically take (e.g., diagnosis)?
-es (diagnosis becomes diagnoses)
What plural ending do many Latin nouns ending in -ix or -ex typically take (e.g., appendix)?
-ices (appendix becomes appendices)
What plural ending do nouns ending in -nx typically take (e.g., phalanx)?
-nges (phalanx becomes phalanges)
What plural ending do Greek-derived nouns ending in -on typically take (e.g., ganglion)?
-a (ganglion becomes ganglia)
What plural ending do Latin nouns ending in -en typically take (e.g., foramen)?
-ina (foramen becomes foramina)
What is the plural form of testis?
testes
What is the plural form of femur?
femora
What is the plural form of thorax?
thoraces
What is the plural form of larynx?
larynges
What is the plural form of calyx?
calyces
Alzheimer's disease is named after which person?
Alois Alzheimer, a German psychiatrist
Parkinson's disease is named after which person?
James Parkinson, an English physician

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