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