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Medical and Pharmaceutical Terminology 1. Introduction Medical and pharmaceutical terminology is a special vocabulary used by health care professionals for effective and accurate communication. Studying these terms is very similar to learning a new language. This is because most medical and pharmaceutical terms stem from Greek or Latin origins. Moreover, it is always expanding. The task seems overwhelming, but there are methods that can aid in learning and remembering words and can even help in making informed guesses regarding the meanings of unfamiliar. 2.Objectives and requirements Be familiar with commonly used terms in medical and pharmaceutical science List all the possible component parts of these terms, including the root, combining vowel, prefix, and suffix. Be familiar with some background knowledge 3. Teaching approach Introduction of general terms of different subjects with analysis of their component parts Exercise in class Homework for review 4. Features of medical and pharmaceutical terms 4.1Some daily English has specific professional meaning 4.2 Some English terms are obtained or derived from Latin or Greek words ①The English names of some chemical elements have the same form with their Latin version aluminum calcium magnesium argentum ②The English names of some chemical elements and most antibiotics are obtained by deleting um or ium at the end of their Latin version acidum－acid aspirinum－aspirin hydrogenum－hydrogen penicillinum－penicillin vitaminum－vitamin ③The English names of alkaloid, oxide and hydroxide are obtained by slight alteration at the end of their Latin version atropinum－atropine 阿托品 acetas－acetate 醋酸盐 bromidum－bromide 溴化物 drochloridium－hydrochloride 氯化氢 phosphas－phosphate 磷酸盐 iodium－iodide 碘化物 4.3 Vocabulary containing Latin and Greek morphemes hepat / itis in/somn/ ia bronch/o/pneumon/ itis gastr/o/duodeno/scopy 5.