CLAS 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Pubic Arch, Hemiparesis, Venule
3 Sep 2016
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Latinate plurals= the rules for forming plurals in medical terms. Diminutive suffixes= used in many languages to express a small size; latin is no exception. Words ending in -us can be made plural by changing the ending to -i: necleus (singular) --> nuclei (plural) Words ending in -is are pluralized by changing the ending to -es: neurosis --> neuroses. You can add a diminutive suffix to some words to make them express a number of diff things: o. Small size: attitude of speaker, a term of endearment- darling, a term of contempt- weakling. Little mouse (from the shape of a contracted muscle) Little key (from the shape of an old key) Little belly (a lower chamber of the heart) Small ear (ear lobe shaped appendage as related to the atria of the heart) Little rod bac (rod) + diminutive suffix + noun suffix -us (a genus of bacteria)
