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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY:

SINGLE AND PLURAL

Group members:

HEIDY SOTO

RICHARD QUINTERO

GEANELLA GIA

Course:

THIRD SEMESTER “A”

OBJECTIVE

To classify and use singular and plural nouns in medical terminology related to cellular vocabulary through guided reading, collaborative language analysis, listening based noticing tasks, and controlled speaking and writing practice in order to improve their comprehension and production of biomedical English in academic and professional health contexts.

Words ending in “-a” → “-ae”

scapul a → scapul ae

vertebr a → vertebr ae

lamin a → lami nae

retin a → reti nae

In medical terminology, many words end in “-a”. To make them plural, the ending changes to “-ae”. These words are often names of body structures. This change helps show that we are talking about more than one structure.

EXAMPLES:

RULE ONE

SINGULAR PLURAL

Many medical terms that end in “-us” in

singular.

To form the plural, the ending “-us”

changes to “-i”.

These words are commonly used to

describe organs, tissues, or small

structures in the body.

Words ending in “-us” → “-i”

nucle us → nuclei

bronch us → bronch i

alveol us → alveol i

stimul us → stimul i

fung us → fung i

EXAMPLES:

RULE TWO

SINGULAR PLURAL

Words that end in ‘is’ change to ‘es’ in plural form. This rule comes from Greek origin

words, which are very common in medical and scientific language. When we apply

this rule, the ending ‘is’ is replaced by ‘es’, and sometimes the pronunciation changes

slightly.

Diagnosis → Diagnoses

Thrombosis → thromboses

Neurosis → neuroses

RULE FOUR WORDS ENDING IN^ (IS^ →^ ES)

EXAMPLES:

WORDS ENDING IN (ITIS → ITIDES)

Words that end in ‘itis’ change to ‘itides’ in plural form. The suffix ‘itis’ means

inflammation, so it is widely used in medical terminology to describe diseases. When

we use the plural form, we are referring to multiple inflammations or conditions

affecting different parts of the body..

Arthritis → Arthritides Gastritis → Gastritides Bronchitis → Bronchitides

RULE FIVE

EXAMPLES:

If the suffix ends with an “nx” change it to “ges”

eg: Phalanx (sing) to Phalanges (plural)

RULE SEVEN Words ending in (nx → ges)

Larynx → Larynges Meninx → Meninges Sphynx → Sphinges

EXAMPLES:

If the suffix ends in “y” change it to an “ies”

eg: Cardiopathy (sing) to Cardiopathies (plural)

Words ending in (y → ies)

RULE EIGHT

Artery → Arteries Therapy → Therapies Allergy → Allergies Pathology → Pathologies

EXAMPLES:

ACTIVITIES

Changes the word to plural.

scapula ______ vertebra ______ lamina ______ retina ______ pleura --------

ACTIVITIES

Complete sentences with the correct plural form.

The lungs have many ________(alveolus) The lab studied different ________(fungus) The brain responds to many _______(stimulus)

y-ies The plural of artery is:

a) arterys

b) arteries

c) arteries

ACTIVITIES

x-ces The plural of appendix is:

a) appendixs

b) appendices

c) appendixes

ACTIVITIES

Change the following words into plural form:” Arthritis → ______ Gastritis → ______ Bronchitis → ______ Dermatitis → ______

Choose the correct plural form: Appendix → a) Appendixs b) Appendices c) Appendixes Index → a) Indexes b) Indices c) Indexs Cortex → a) Cortexes b) Cortices c) Cortix Matrix → a) Matrices b) Matrixes c) Matrixs