医学英语构词
Medical English Word Building
一、引言
观察
(observation)
、想?/p>
(imagination)
、记?/p>
(memory)
?/p>
re-cover
?/p>
recovery / dis-cover
?/p>
discovery
?/p>
overcome, overdue... (>100)
?/p>
over
?/p>
cover
?/p>
cover-age
?/p>
?/p>
overt
covert
refer-ee
reverence (
敬畏
)
?/p>
revere
?/p>
severe
?/p>
sever
?/p>
severance
?/p>
?/p>
refer
(参考、查询)?/p>
reference
?/p>
referable/referential
?/p>
referral (
转诊、会?/p>
)
?/p>
pre-fer
?/p>
preference
?/p>
preferable / preferential (
优惠?/p>
)
二、基本构词法
1
.复?/p>
(compounding):
?/p>
tetra (
?/p>
) + cycle (
?/p>
) + in (
?/p>
)
?/p>
tetracycline
四环?/p>
?/p>
cycle + spore (
孢子
) + in
?/p>
cyclosporine
环孢菌素
?/p>
psychosocioeconomic
2
.前后缀
(prefix & suffix )
?/p>
tension
?/p>
hypo(
?/p>
)-tension /
hyper (
?/p>
)-tension / anti (
?/p>
)-hypertensive
?/p>
plate + let (
?/p>
)
= platelet / drop+let = droplet / leaf + let = leaflet / island + let =
islet (
小岛细胞
)
?/p>
pest+cide =pesticide / insect + cide = insecticide / virus + cide = virocide
3.
缩略?/p>
(abbreviation)
?/p>
首写缩略
(initials)
?/p>
OCT
(over-the-counter)
/
AIDS
(acquired
immunodeficiency
syndrome) / SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome)
?/p>
压缩
(reduction)
?/p>
acupuncture (acupte + puncture) / silastic (silicon + eleastic) (
?/p>
胶的
) / medicare (medical + care) (
?/p>
)
老年医疗保险
/ medicaid (medical + aid)
(
?/p>
)
穷人
/
残疾人医疗保?/p>
4.
专用名词
(special terms)
?/p>
人名
: Parkinson
?/p>
s disease / Alzheimer
?/p>
s disease / Doppler
?/p>
地名
: Mediteranian anemia (
地中海贫血
)
?/p>
商品?/p>
: dextrose (
葡萄糖盐?/p>
)
5.
拉丁
/
希腊?/p>
?/p>
医学术语的三源性:
英语
拉丁?/p>
希腊?/p>
血管:
vessel
vaso-
angio-
脉搏?/p>
pulse
pulsus
sphygm-