The Faculty of Medicine – 2nd year

Homework 7 – Types of surgery (I)

Exercise 1. Write a synonym for each of the following words:

1. proctology __________________ 6. fellowship __________________
2. rhombencephalon __________________ 7. resident __________________
3. cauda pancreatis __________________ 8. to excise __________________
4. mastopexy __________________ 9. cholecyst __________________
5. teenagers __________________ 10. foot __________________

Exercise 2. Write the following words in the plural:

1. calculus __________________ 6. thorax __________________
2. corpus __________________ 7. fetus __________________
3. pancreas __________________ 8. encephalon __________________
4. pancreatitis __________________ 9. cranium __________________
5. epidermis __________________ 10. talus __________________

Exercise 3. Write the combining forms corresponding to the following words:

1. ear __________________ 6. female __________________
2. foot __________________ 7. muscle __________________
3. eye __________________ 8. brain __________________
4. column __________________ 9. breast __________________
5. male __________________ 10. liver __________________

Exercise 4. Give meanings for the following suffixes. Provide a word for each suffix and define
it.
Example:
-algia - it refers to pain
e.g. myalgia – pain in the muscles

1. -ectomy _________________________________________________________
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2. -plasty _________________________________________________________
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3. -itis _________________________________________________________
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4. -otomy _________________________________________________________
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5. -ostomy _________________________________________________________
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6. -pathy _________________________________________________________
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7. -rrhaphy _________________________________________________________
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8. -opexy _________________________________________________________
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9. -rrhea _________________________________________________________
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10. -odynia _________________________________________________________
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Exercise 5. Choose the most suitable word or phrase. Rewrite the entire sentence.
1. I ………….. about buying a new car recently. Really, what sort of car?
A. Have been thinking B. have thought C. thought
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2. I haven’t seen Mark for weeks. Well I …………… him this afternoon. Why don’t you come
along? A. have met B. I’m meeting C. meet
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3. We’d better take a taxi to the station. Yes. The train …………… in fifteen minutes.
A. has left B. will have left C. leaves
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4. Where is the newspaper? I threw it away. I thought you …………… riding it.
A. have finished B. finished C. had finished
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5. I feel very tired. How can you be tired? You …………… a thing all day.
A. haven’t been doing B. aren’t doing C. haven’t done
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6. Cathy doesn’t study enough. I know. I am afraid she …………… her exam.
A. won’t pass B. won’t be passing C. won’t have passed
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7. It’s bad news about Janet crashing her new car, isn’t it? Yes she …………… for months to buy
it.
A. saved B. is saving C. had been saving
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8. ‘There’s someone here to see you.’ ‘Oh, that …………… my sister. Send her in.’
A. will have been B. was C. will be
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9. ‘Whose is this earring?’ ‘I don’t know, I found it when I …………… the house.’
A. was cleaning B. had cleanedC. am cleaning
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10. ‘I …………… to reach Jane on the phone all day.’ ‘Don’t you know? She’s gone on holiday.’
A. tried B. have been trying C. have tried
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11. ‘I want to visit Katie.’ ‘Well, don’t visit her before five o’clock. She……………
A. is working B. will be working C. will have worked
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12. That …………… like dad’s car. It is. He must have finished earlier.
A. sounds B. had sounded C. has sounded
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13. Is that a new jumper? No. I…………… it from Laura yesterday.
A. have borrowed B. had borrowed C. borrowed
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14. ……………to the library today. Yes. Would you like me to return your books?
A. will you have gone B. will you have been going C. will you be going
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15. How is your grandfather? His condition…………… day by day.
A. improves B. has improved C. is improving
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