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  1. Latin and Greek component elements of drug names

Many pharmaceutical terms include in their names Greek and Latin component elements of frequent occurrence similar to the clinical terminology. With a knowledge of these elements you will be able to write complicated drug names with a correct spelling and to understand their meaning.

Greek and latin elements carrying information about pharmaceutical characteristics of a drug

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Latin

Meaning

Examples

-aesthes-,

-cain-

local anesthetic

Anaesthesinum

Novocainum

-alg-, -dol-

analgetic

Pentalginum

Panadolum

-andr-, -ster-, -test-

male sex hormone

Testosteronum

Androfortum

-as-

enzymes

Lydasum

-asthm-

against asthma

Antiasthmocrinum

-barb-

soforific, hypnotic

Barbitalum

-cid-

antimicrobic

Streptocidum

-cillin-

antibiotics-penicillins

Bicillinum

-cort-

adrenal cortex hormone

Corticotrophinum

-cycl-

antibiotics-tetracylcines

Vitacyclinum

-menth-

containing mint

Boromentholum

-morph-

narcotics

Apomorphinum

-myc-

against fungi, antimycotic

Amycazolum

-oestr-

Female sex hormone

Oestronum

-phyll-

(from Greek phyllon - leaf)

Theophyllinum

-pres(s)-,

-tens-

hypotensives

Apressinum

Angiotensinamidum

-pyr-

antipyretic drugs

Pyramidonum

-sed-

sedatives

Valosedanum

-sept-

antiseptics

Pharyngosept

-sulfa-

sulfamides

Sulfadiazinum

-the-

from tea-leaf

Thealbinum

-vit-

vitamins

Hexavitum

  1. Word-formative and grammar structure of pharmaceutical terms

The drug names can be prescribed by international nonpatent names and trade names.

International nonpatent names in prescriptions after “Recipe:” are in Genitive singular without inverted commas:

  1. Tetracyclīni

  1. Vaselīni

Trade drug names are prescribed as follows: the drug name is placed after the pharmaceutical form in Nominative and is in inverted commas:

  1. Suppositorĭa «Anaesthesōlum» - suppositories of anaesthesol

One-word terms

  1. All Latin drug names are neuter nouns of the 2nd declension ending by -um. They are written with the first capital letter as the names of chemical elements, medicinal plants:

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