Home Assignments 3

Task 1 Give the terms for the following definitions:

1) the decrease of the red blood cell count;

2) a physician who treats the heart diseases;

3) the causes that produce the development of a certain disease;

4) the mechanism of the development of a disease;

5) the inflammation of the internal serous coat of the abdominal cavity;

6) artificial cooling of the body;

7) the state of the organism when a person is neither well nor ill; 8) irregular contractions of atria and ventricles;

9) an increase of the white blood cell count.

Task 2 Choose the right answer:

1 What appetite has the patient suffering from gastric carcinoma?– a) It is increased. b) It is reduced.

2 What do the clinical manifestations of gastric carcinoma vary with? – a) They vary with the stage of the development of the disease. b) They vary with the age and sex of the patient.

3 At what age is the highest incidence of gastric carcinoma observed? – a) It is observed at the age from twenty to thirty. b) It is observed at the age from fifty to sixty.

Task 3 Change the sentences using Participle Construction instead of the subordinate clause:

1 After the patient had suffered profuse external bleeding he developed severe anaemia.

2 While the surgeon was performing the operation he revealed the ulcer on the anterior wall of the stomach.

3 The dullness which was revealed on percussion was associated with the pathologic changes in the left lung.

Task 4 Translate the text. Retell it:

Intestinal Tumors

Many forms of tumors are known to occur in the intestines, but we shall limit our attention to the commonest, which is cancer. It generally leads to chronic intestinal obstruction and its accompanying symptoms. In addition there are usual symptoms of cancerous invasion – loss of weight and strength, progressive anaemia and pain of varying degree depending on the part affected. Any portion of the intestines is likely to be affected by carcinoma, but the usual areas are the upper part of the colon, the sigmoid and the rectum. In the latter situation the obstruction may be felt on rectal examination. In cancer of the colon and sigmoid a tumor is usually well palpable, the esophagus above the tumor is often thickened and spastic and peristaltic waves may be seen passing in the direction of the obstruction.

Home Assignments 4

Task 1 Find Absolute Participle Construction. Translate the sentences:

1 The abdominal incision having been made and the stomach opened, the ulcer was found to involve the posterior wall of the stomach.

2 There being profuse external haemorrhage, the patient was immediately taken to the hospital.

3 The digestion being considerably impaired, the patient constantly complained of epigastric pains.

Task 2 Say what is omitted in Absolute Participle Constructions. Translate the sentences:

1 The patient’s condition better, he was allowed to sit up.

2 The procedure over, the nurse left the ward.

3 The surgeon out, I could not talk to him.

4 The retention of stool noted, the patient was administered a light diet.

Task 3 Determine the form of Participle in Absolute Participle Construction and the tense form of the predicate. Translate the sentences:

1 The patient being admitted to the hospital, the doctor on duty examined him in the reception ward.

2 The female having been hospitalized, the generalized abdominal pain was controlled in three hours.

3 Generalized abdominal pain having increased, the doctor asked the nurse to give the patient another injection.

Task 4 Find Absolute Participle Construction. Determine the word used as a subject in it:

1 The majority of the patients with hepatitis were between the ages of 41 and 55 years, the highest incidence of the disease being between 46 and 50 years.

2 On the total number of the patients forty-eight have been relieved of digestive symptoms, four having died of other pathologic conditions.

3 Three patients have had symptoms of recurrence, one having died of a gastro-intestinal bleeding.

Task 5 Remember the reading of the following terms. Match them with their meaning:

hepatitis, viral, infective;

інфекційний, гепатит, вірусний.

Task 6 Learn the following words:

hepatic – печінковий

bile – жовч

duct – протока

jaundice – жовтяниця

advance – просувати(ся)

effort – зусилля

elderly – похилий

survive– виживати

source – джерело

entire – цілий

subsequent – наступний

simultaneous – одночасний

Task 7 Read and translate the following words and word combinations:

1Jaundice: severe jaundice, to suffer from severe jaundice, jaundice was clearly marked

2 Survive: to survive an injury, the patient survived the operation well, some viruses survive at a high temperature

3 Source: a source of infection, a source of knowledge, the source of virus is a sick person

4 Inadequately: inadequate, the patient was given an inadequate dose of medicine, inadequately treated

5 Subsequently: subsequent, subsequent examination, to invade other organs subsequently.

6 Simultaneously: simultaneous, simultaneous impairment, to be impaired simultaneously.

Task 8 Read the text. Find the sentences with a) Absolute Participle construction; b) Participle construction; c) construction “it is … that”. Translate the text.