А. М. Maslova Z. I. Winestein L. S. Plebeyskaya Essential English for Medical Students Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged

CLASS ASSIGNMENTS Revision

6. 
   Replace each part of the Complex Subject given in bold type by the corresponding word or word combination given below:
   

1 2
The female patient was known to complain of skin irritation.

1. 
   the nurse; the physician; the surgeon; the male patient
   
2. 
   to suffer from continuous bleeding; to perform an emergency surgery; to give blood and serum transfusion; to reveal digestion disturbances
   

6. 
   Finish the sentences:
   

1. Acute cholecystitis is known... (a) to be characterized by pain radiating to the breastbone and lumbar area; 6) to be accompanied by profuse external bleeding) 2. Irregular diet as well as an emotional overstrain have been found ... (a) to result in the disturbances of peripheral blood circulation; 6) to contribute to the development of gastric and duodenal ulcers) 3. Clinical manifestations of gastric carcinoma prove... (a) to vary with the stage of its development, location and spread through the lymphatic nodes and other inner organs; 6) to be associated with the lesions of the central nervous system)

6. 
   1. Translate the sentences. 2. Find the subject in the main clause and the word acting as a subject in the Absolute Participle Construction:
   

1. Digestion disturbances having been present for a long period of time, the patient was prescribed a strict diet not containing any fat. 2. The patient suffering from a continuous bleeding, severe anaemia developed. 3. There being no characteristic clinical manifestations of gastritis, the patient was allowed to vary his diet. 4. Tumour cells being spread with the blood flow, metastases may appear in various organs.

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