A) Translate/interpret the following medical records. Try to avoid using words that are identical
or similar to the Latin terms. Give the grammatically correct full forms of the abbreviated terms.


1. Metastases hepatis et ossis sacri; St. p. CHT et RT; Excisio cystis ovarii l. dx. in anamn.

2. Cardiomyopathia congenita; Hypertensio arterialis; Blepharoptosis.

3. St. post phlebothrombosim cruris. l. sin.; Hepatomegalia; Hypercholesterolaemia.

4. Haematuria v. s. TU vesicae urinariae; Haemangioma hepatis; Adenoma glandulae suprarenalis l.
sin.

5. Vulnus scissum antebrachii l. sin.; Excoriationes multiplices extremit. inf. lat. utque;
Contusio genus l. sin.

6. Fr. compressiva corporum vertebrarum Th 10 et 11; Fr. processus transversi Th 6-8,10; Infractio
processus spinosi Th1.

7. Cholecystitis acuta incipiens; St. post appendicitidem acutam.

8. Abruptio placentae acuta in grav. hebd. 39+2; Oligohydramnion; Sectio caesarea acuta.


B) Interpret the following medical prescriptions. Summarize the instructions for the pharmacist.
Give the terms referring to the types of medications defined below.


Antiemeticum


                                                                     Analgeticum contra odontalgiam

Rp.

                                                                     Rp.

Extracti belladonnae sicci                   0,03

                                                                     Alnagon 20mg caps.

Coffeini natri benzoici  0,20

                                                                     Exp. orig. No. I (unam)

Vehiculi                                                   q. s.

                                                                     D. S.

M. f. supp.


D. t. d. No. V (quinque)


D. S.



Drugs stimulating heart function are called ____________________________________.

Drugs reducing fever are called ____________________________________.

Drugs that are selectively destructive to malignant cells and tissues are ___________________.

Drugs suppressing muscle spasms are called ____________________________________.


A) The interpretations may vary, but the meaning of the diagnoses is as follows:

1. The patient has metastases (secondary spreading of a tumour) in liver and sacral bone; she
underwent chemotherapy and radiotherapy; in the past she had a cyst removed from the right ovary.

2. The patient suffers from congenital (inborn) pathology of the heart muscle; s/he has high blood
pressure in the arteries and a drooping eyelid.

3. The patient had blood clot(s) in the vein(s) of the left lower leg; s/he has abnormally enlarged
liver and too much cholesterol in blood.

4. There is blood in the patient’s urine, probably due to a tumour in the urinary bladder; s/he has
a blood vessel tumour in liver and a glandular tumour in the left adrenal gland (a gland located
above kidney).

5. There is a cut injury (caused by pulling, or incised wound) on the patient’s left forearm; s/he
also has multiple abrasions/scrapes on both legs and a bruise on the left knee.

6. The patient has a compressive fracture (caused by pressure) of the 10^th and 11^th thoracic
vertebrae, a fracture of the transverse processes of the 6^th to 8^th and the 10^th thoracic
vertebrae, as well as an incomplete/partial fracture pf the spinous process of the 1^st thoracic
vertebra.

7. The patient is in the initial stage of acute gall bladder inflammation; s/he has undergone acute
inflammation of appendix, too.

8. The patient suffered an acute abruption (tearing off, separation) of placenta in the 39^th week
of pregnancy + two days; she has abnormally low amount of amniotic fluid; therefore, C-section was
performed to deliver the baby.

Grammatically correct full forms of the abbreviations:

1. status post chemotherapiam et radiotherapiam; lateris dextri; in anamnesi

3.  lateris sinistri

4. verisimiliter tumor

5. extremitatis inferioris lateris utriusque

6. thoracicae decimae et undecimae; vertebrae thoracicae sextae, septimae, octavae et decimae;
vertebrae thoracicae primae

8. in graviditatis hebdomade

B) The prescriptions may be interpreted as follows:

The first prescription is for a drug reducing vomiting that should be mixed by pharmacist from
three ingredients in a suppository form. The amount of vehicle is not specified, it should be added
in such amount that is necessary to make a suppository. The doses given should be multiplied five
times (to make five suppositories).

The second prescription is for a ready-made painkiller against toothache. The pharmacist should
give the patient one package of the medication called Alnagon in a capsule form.


Full forms of the abbreviated terms:

recipe; quantum satis; misce fiat suppositorium; denture tales does Numero ; da signa.

capsulae; expeditionem originalem numero


Terms referring to drug types (Sg/Pl):

cardiostimulans/cardiostimulantia

antipyreticum/antipyretica

chemotherapeuticum/chemotherapeutica

spasmolyticum/spasmolytica