Class assignments. IX. Supply the words of the same root:

IX. Supply the words of the same root:

extensive, exist, node, evidence, various, characterize, contribution, bleed, support, response, impulsive, ulcerous, associate, preventive

X. Recall and supply the most characteristic words to be used with the following nouns as attributes:

tumour, bleeding, node, vomiting, ulcer, manifestation, onset, fever, failure

XI. Choose the appropriate word. Translate the sentences:

1. (Malignant, benign) tumours are known to cause numerous metastases (involving, improving) various internal organs. 2. In the presence of anaemia the red blood cell count is considerably (increased, reduced). 3. Gastric carci­noma appears to be more (common, rare) in the male than in the female.

XII. Define Infinitive functions. Translate the sentences:

1. No doubt chronic gastritis is one of the diseases to be responsible for the development of gastric carcinoma. 2. Academician A, N. Bakulev was the first surgeon in the Soviet Union to perform the operation on the heart. 3. To reveal the early symptoms of malignant tumours is one of the measures contributing to their effective treatment. 4. In the patients with ulcer pain is known to have cyclic character with periodic remissions.

XIII. Use Complex Subject instead of the subordinate clause:

1. It was reported that the patient had been suffering from the digestion disturbances tor several years. 2. It seems that the pathologic changes in the gastric mucous membrane due to chronic gastritis are responsible for the devel­opment of malignant tumours of the stomach. 3. It was stated that the patient had developed anaemia after profuse bleeding caused by perforating ulcer.

XIV. Read and translate the following words:

epigastrium [, epi'g; sstnom], peritonitis [, pent3'naitis], metastasis [me'taestasis], barium [Ъеэпэт], degeneration [di, d3en3'reijri]

207 XV. Finish the following sentences using the necessary words from As­signment XIV:

1. The change of tissue from one form to another is.... 2. The inflamma­tion of the internal serous coat of the abdominal cavity is.... 3. The upper portion of the abdomen is.... 4. Secondary cancerous lesions due to the spread of the disease in to other organs and systems of the body are.... 5. A special food given to the patient before the X-ray examination of his stomach or intestine is....

XVI. 1. Read Text D. 2. Entitle it. 3. Characterize the pain in this dis­ease. 4. Why is the prevention of this disease so important?

TextD

In gastric carcinoma pain is felt in the epigastrium and the patient often complains of the feeling of pressure in the stomach area. Pain may become severe when the tumour involves the pancreas, in peritonitis, and metastases into the bones.

The gastric juice is known to contain much mucus, leucocytes and tumour cells. In the majority of cases gastric secretion proves.to be considerably re­duced.

The X-ray examination is particularly important for the diagnosis of gastric carcinoma. It reveals the so-called filling defect, when some areas of the stom­ach remain empty after barium meal has been taken.

Preventive measures are carried out extensively to reveal the early signs of gastric cancen An adequate therapy of ulcers and chronic gastritis is widely used not to result in malignant degeneration.