PLURAL OF - MEDICAL TERMS / MEDICAL WORDS

(1)• (Adding …“s”).

1- Abductor -> abductors <- -> 2- -Adductor …………………..

2.- contusion -> ………………………….

3.- abrasion ->……………………… 4.- laceration ->……………………………..

(2)• (ending in …“y”).

1- allergy -> allergies 2.- capillary ->

3.- extremity -> 4.- ovary->

Basic Rules for Medical Plurals

If the Singular
Singular Example: The Plural Rule Is: Plural Form:
Ending Is:

(3)…is diagnosis Drop the is and add es diagnoses

(4)…um Ileum …um -> …a ilea
(5)…us alveolus …us -> ...i alveoli
(6)…a vertebra …a -> …ae vertebrae
Appendices
(7)…ix appendix …ix -> …ices

(8)…ex cortex …ex -> …ices Cortices Comentado [F1]: Corteza cerebral

(9)…ax thorax … x -> …ces Thoraces

(10)…ma Sarcoma …ma ->…ma + ta sarcomata Comentado [F2]: tumor originating from mesodermal tissue,
such as fat, muscle, or bone.
Spermatozoon
(11)..on …on -> …a spermatozoa

Larynges /
(12)…nx larynx …x -> …ges

(14)…y deformity …y ->…ies deformities

Calyces
(15)…yx calyx …yx -> …yces Comentado [F3]: Part of the plant

Foramina /
(14)…en Foramen …en -> …ina

(3)• Examples:
 1)- diagnosis -> diagnoses. 2) epiphysis -> ……

Write the singular:

3) prognoses -> prognosis

4) psychoses -> ………………………….

(5)• Examples:

1)- alveolus -> alveoli. 2) bronchus ->…………………..

3)- bacillus -> ……………………………….

Exceptions:

1)- virus -> viruses. 2) sinus ->sinusis Comentado [F4]: hole in a bone

(cavidad nasal)

(5)• Examples:

Write the singular form of

1)- cocci -> coccus. 2) nuclei ->nucleus Comentado [F5]: Type of bacteria
Comentado [F6]: Central part of an atom
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ENGLISH PRACTICE

(Surname and names)

Student 1: …………………………………………………………………………

date : ………/………/ …………

PRACTICE - PART I
A) Complete the table by writing singular or plural form in the blank spaces.

01. pleura …………………………….

02. naris …………………………….

* (holes of the nose)
03. protozoon …………………………….protozoa
04. Varices …………………………….protozoa
05. ischium. …………………………….
* (pelvis bones)
06. toracesx …………………………….
07. bacteria …………………………….
08. ovum …………………………….
09. meninges …………………………….
(membranes that cover the brain)
10. ganglion …………………………….
(group of cell bodies in the nervous system)
11. paralyses. …………………………….
12. sarcoma …………………………….
13. cervix …………………………….
14. axillae. …………………………….
15. neurosis …………………………….
16. tarsus …………………………….
(bone of the feet)

17. appendices …………………………….

18. ovary …………………………….
19. contusion …………………………….
20. capillary …………………………….