A C U T E N E P H R I T I S

Exercise 1. Practice the pronunciation:

Appendiceal [əpən'disiəl], media ['mediə], glomeruli [glə'merulai], nitrogen ['naitrədʒən], hematuria [hi:mə'tujəriə], albuminuria [ælbju:mi'njuəriə], albuminuric [ælbju:mi'njuərik], oliguria [ɔli'guriə], edema [i'di:mə], feature ['fi:t∫ə], Hg [hai'fra:rdʒirəm], lesion ['liʒ(ə)n]

Exercise 2. Topic vocabulary:

To precede – предшествовать

Predisposing – предрасполагающий

Glomerulae tufts –громерулярные пучки

Lesion – поражение

Predominant – преобладающий

To line – выстилать

To involve – вовлекать

Retention – задержка

Outflow – истечение

Scanty – скудный

Oliguria – отсутствие выделения мочи

Eye fundus – глазное дно

Cast – цилиндр (урол)

To be responsible for – быть ответственным за

To look for – искать

To overlook – просмотреть, не заметить

Exercise 3. Find Russian equivalents to the following word combinations:

Suppurative lymph nodes, predominant role, chief changes, acute infection, renal inflammation, clinical features, scanty outflow of urine, unfavourable prognosis, grave sign, extensive involvement of the kidney, mild edema, rare cases, pus cells.

Exercise 4. Match medical terms with the proper definitions

1) kidney 1) any disorder of metabolism causing excessive thirst

and the production of large volumes of urine;

2) nephritis 2) a substance derived from creatine and creatine

phosphate in muscles;

3) urine 3) either of a pair of tubes, 25—30 cm long, that conduct

urine from the pelvis of kidneys to the bladder;

4) stone calculus 4) the branch of medicine concerned with the study,

investigation and management of diseases of the

kidney;

5) diabetes 5) the fluid excreted by the kidneys- which contains many

of the body's waste products;

6) ureter 6) a hard pebble-like mass formed within the body,

particularly in the gallbladder or anywhere in the

urinary tract;

7) creatininc 7) either of the pair of organs responsible for the

excretion of nitrogenous wastes, principally urea, from

the blood;

8) nephrology 8) Bright's diseases — inflammation of the kidney

Exercise 5. Read and translate the text: