13.9 Read, translate and learn a dialogue by heart. Appendicitis

D. What’s the trouble?

P. I have a severe abdominal pain.

D. Where does it hurt?

P. In the right half of the abdomen?

D. When did you fell ill?

P. All was well until 10-12 hours ago. Then I began to have pains.

D. Did you vomit?

P. Yes, I did.

D. How many times?

P. Twice

D. In what area did the pain start?

P. In the epigastrium and then in the right part.

D. Did it irradiate?

P. No.

D. Are you sensitive to any medication?

P. I believe to aspirinand analgin.

D. What diseases have you suffered from?

P. Flu, sore throat. I had an operation on my bowel.

D. When did you have your last meal?

P. This morning.

D. And last stools.

P. Yesterday.

D. How do you urinate? Are there any pains when urinating?

P. I think not.

D. I’ll have to examine you. Physically the abdomen is rigid and there is tenderness. I am sure that you have acute appendicitis. It is necessary to remove your appendix. Do you agree?

P. I wish I could decide against surgery but if you recommend an immediate operation, I must agree. When shall I be admitted to the hospital?

D. The sooner, the better.

P. How long willI be there?

D. A week.

P. All right, Doctor I have made a decision, I will go to the hospital.

Additional grammar and vocabulary exercises.

1. Learnexpressions beginning with prepositions. Make up sentences of your own.

• In

In advance, in the balance, in all likelihood, in all probability, in charge of, in collaboration with, in comparison with, in demand, in distress, in the early stages, in the end, be in favour of something, in harmony, in high spirits, in jeopardy, in practice, in response to, in short, intheory, in time, in trouble, in turn

• Under

Under age, under circumstances, under control, be under the impression that, under the influence of, under an obligation, under pressure, under repair, under stress, under suspicion

• Within

Within a day (week, month, etc.), within reach, within reason

• Without

Without a chance, without delay, without exception, without a word

2. Work in pairs,write sentences using these adverbs.

Obviously, sadly, not surprisingly, tragically, clearly, strangely enough, hopefully, fortunately, ironically, naturally, understandably, predictably, amazingly, strangely enough, oddlyenough.

Read your sentences to another pair without adverb. They should complete the sentences.

3. Translate sentences into your own language following the rules of Sequences of tences.

1. The surgeon said that he examined all his patients. 2. He said that chemicals formed the largest group of cancer-producing agents. 3. He said that he was quite well in spite of a slight pain in the abdomen. 4. He said that the boy complained of a severe headache. 5. The patient said that he had lost the prescription. 6. He said that he had been given an injection. 7. He said that the doctor’s assistant had explained everything to him. 8. He said he would take the temperature. 9. He said that his mother would dial the number of the ambulance. 10.he said that boy would refuse from the medicine.

4.Match thedosage form on the leftto its definition on the right.

Aerosol a very small amount of liquid that forms a round shape

Drops smooth, thick substance to rub on the skin for healing

Inhaler oily liquid, to rub on painful body parts to reduce the pain

Liniment a medication on material or cloth placed on the skin.

Ointment a small, round piece of medicine to be swallowed without chewing

Patch a container with a liquid that it is administered in spray form.

Pill liquid in which another substance has been dissolved

Solution a solid medicine which melts slowly in the rectum or vagina

Suppository a sweet, liquid medicine taken with a cup or a spoon

Syrup a small device with medicine to breathe in through the mouth

5. Find the most common idioms in your language, try to find their equivalents in English. Make up sentences or situations of your own using the idioms. Some of them are given below.

APPENDIX I

Latin and Greek terms used in English

Singular	Plural
adenoma	adenomata
albicans	albicantia
amigdala	amigdafae
antrum	antra
apex	apices
apparatus	apparatus
appendix	appendices
aqua	aquae
ascaris	ascarides
atrium	atria
axis	axes
bacillus	bacilli
bacterium	bacteria
basis	bases
bronchus	bronchi
cadaver	cadavera
calculus	calculi
corpus	corpora
crisis	crises
criterion	criteria
cuniculus	cuniculi
datum	data
diagnosis	diagnoses
digitus	digiti
dorcum	dorci
fibroma	fibromata
focus	foci
fossa	fossae
genus	genera
gonococcus	gonococci
ileum	ilea
medium	media
mucosa	mucosae
nodus	nodi
noxa	noxae
os (mouth)	ora
os(bone)	ossa
papila	papilae
pathema	pathemata
pes	pedes
phenomenon	phenomena
polypus	polipi
septum	septa
spasmus	spasmi
sperma	spermata
stoma	stomata
tarsus	tarsi
toxocosis	toxocoses
vesicula	vesiculae
viscus	viscera
zygoma	zygomata