[医学]medical english

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1、MEDICALENGLISHThisBasicCourseinMedicalEnglishisIntendedtoHelpStudentsUnderstandMedicalTerminology:Wordstructure,PronunciationandMeanings.Medicalterminology,likeanylivinglanguage,isnotstatic.Ithasbecomeadynamictoolofnotonlythoseinthemedicalprofessionsbutals

2、oinsurers,lawyers,equipmentsuppliers,pharmaceuticalrepresentatives,andotherswhointeractwithhealthcareprovidersandconsumers.Tokeepapaceofmedicalsciencemedicallanguagemustexpandandchange.Learningthebasicsisimportant,butconstantupdatingisneeded.Itisimportantt

3、orememberaswebeginourstudiesofMedicalEnglishthatliketheEnglishlanguageitselfwearestudyingalanguagethatisconstantlychanging…addingnewwordsandphrasesatanastonishingrate.Atthesametimeotherwordsbecauseofnewbreakthroughsinmedicinebecomediscardedorobsolete.Basic

4、allymedicalvocabularyincludestermsbuiltfromGreekandLatinwordparts,someofwhichwereusedbyHippocratesandAristotlemorethan2400yearsago.Therearealsoeponyms,acronyms,andtermsfrommodernlanguage.GreekandLatinTermsEponymssuchasParkinson’sdisease.Awordbasedonorderiv

5、edfromaperson’sname.Parkinsonwasthedoctorwhodiscoveredthediseasesohisnameisused.Acronymssuchaslaser(lightamplificationbystimulatedemissionofradiation)L-A-S-E-R..LASER.Awordformedfromtheinitiallettersorgroupsoflettersofwordsinasetphraseorseriesofwords.(Orga

6、nizationofPetroleumExportingCountries)O-P-E-C..OPECModernLanguagesuchasNuclearMedicineScannerThemajorityofmedicaltermsincurrentusearecomposedofGreekandLatinwordparts.Thesetermscanbelearnedbytwoways:(1)memorizingtermsor(2)learningwordpartsandhowtheyfittoget

7、hertoformmedicalterms.Memorizationcanbeboringsolearningwordpartsandhowtheyfittogetherprovidesthebestwaytolearningsomanymedicalterms.Thereforethewordpartmethodisusedtolearntermscomposedofwordparts.Thememorizationmethodisusedtolearnothertermsnotbuiltfromword

8、parts,suchasCoronaryarterybypassgraftorAlzheimerDisease.Medicalwordsarelikeindividualjigsawpuzzles.Onceyoudividethetermsintotheircomponentpartsandlearnthemeaningoftheindividualpartsyoucanusethatknowledgetound