文档介绍：Basic Elements of Medical Words-1 Basic Elements of Medical Words-1 origin of medical English words 1. from common English 2. from Latin 3. from Greek 4. coinage ? 1. ing from common English: whooping cough 百日咳? A highly contagious disease of the respiratory system, usually affecting children, that is caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis and is characterized in its advanced stage by spasms of coughing interspersed with deep, noisy inspirations. ? Also called pertussis ?百日咳 pinkeye /epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (角膜结膜炎) ? knock-knee /genu valgum ( 膝内翻) ? athlete ’ s foot /tinea pedis 足廯? piles /hemorrhoids ( 痔疮) ? lockjaw /tetanus ( 破伤风) ? fits /convulsion ( 惊厥) ? Fever 发热; short-sight 近视; ? consumption 肺痨(消耗) nettle rash; 风疹? stroke; 中风 baldness; ? indigestion; 消化不良 blister; 水疱,砂眼? Swelling 肿; measles 麻疹? Rabies 狂犬病; windpipe 气管 ing from Latin human body anatomy function or status cerebrum ( 脑) ala (翼) rigor ( 寒战) pelvis (骨盆) plexus (丛) stupor cornea (角膜) plica (皱襞) nausea humerus ( 肱骨) fossa (窝) tonus (肌肉的强直性, 强直性痉挛) ? capita (头) ? cervix ( 颈) ? bronchus (支气管) ? Abdomen 腹部,腹腔? brachium ( 臂) ? aorta (主动脉) ? os (骨) ? remember them: ? cutis (真皮) ? fascia (筋膜) corpus ? genu (膝) vertebra (椎骨) ? labium (唇) ? sinus (窦) ing from Greek ? thorax (胸) ? iris (虹膜) ? metra (子宫) ? colon (结肠) ? stenosis (狭窄) ? stasis (停滞) ? ptosis (下垂) ? ectopia (异位) mon medical words from Greek ? stoma (口,小空) soma (身体,躯干) glottis (声门) ? derma (真皮) ? larynx (喉) ? nephron (肾单位) ? rachis (脊柱) ? pharynx (咽) ? phalanx (指骨)