SCIENTIFIC ENGLISH OTC AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS

SCIENTIFIC ENGLISHOTC AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS “Drugs and Medicines” “Over the counter and prescription drugs”

PART II: “Understand your medicine” Read the text on p. 17

VOCABULARY: brainstorming • Write down all words relating to PHARMACY Medicine Pill Liquid Active and inactive ingredients Chemicals Flavor Coloring Sugar Water Outside coating Prevent Cure Pain Illness symptoms Cough Runny nose

Now do exercise 1, p. 18.

Can you make an example of an OTC drug? Aspirin Paracetamol

Can you make an example of a prescription medicine? Antibiotics

READING COMPREHENSION Read the text on p. 21 and answer the following questions: • Where can you find OTC medicines? On the shelves of stores From a clerk at the sales counter of general stores, supermarkets, gas stations etc. 2) Where can you buy prescription medicines? At the counter of a pharmacy

READING COMPREHENSION 3) What are OTC medicines used for? (look for all the verbs describing their function) To relieve aches, pains and itches To prevent or cure diseases like tooth decay and athete’s foot To manage recurring problems like migraines

READING COMPREHENSION 4) What are some of the risks of OTC medicines? They can interact with other medicines, supplements, foods and drinks. They can cause problems for people with certain medical conditions

VERBS: VOCABULARY ALLEVIARE PREVENIRE CURARE RACCOMANDARE OTTENERE INTERAGIRE CON ACQUISTARE ASSUMERE Please do exercise 2 on p. 22

VERBS: VOCABULARY Please do exercise 4 on p. 23

PART III: OVER THE COUNTER (OTC) AND PRESCRIPTION MEDICINES A “PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE” is any medicine that needs the doctor’s authorization before the pharmacist will sell it to you. An “OTC MEDICINE” is any medicine that you can buy without a prescription.

ONLINE MEDICAL ENGLISH (p. 24) • SAME WORD, DIFFERENT MEANING Ex. Medicine FAMILY OF WORDS: Ex. Synthetic (adjective) Synthesis (noun) Synthetize (verb)

IRREGULAR PLURALS in SCIENTIFIC ENGLISH • Words of Greek origin ending with –sis: Final is becomes es (pronounced /iːz/): Axis axes/ˈæksiːz/ Crisis crises/ˈkraɪsiːz/ Testis testes/ˈtɛstiːz/ Example: Synthesis The plural is not synthesiss or synthesises BUT Syntheses

Final ies in words of Greek origins remains unchanged: • Series series • Species species

Final on in words of Greek origin becomes -a: Criterion Criteria Phenomenon phenomena

Final us becomes -i (second declension, [aɪ]) or -era or -ora (third declension), or just adds -es (especially in fourth declension, where it would otherwise be the same as the singular): • Alumnus alumni • Corpus corpora genus genera Prospectus prospectuses (plural prospectus is rare) Syllabus syllabi

Virus had no plural ending in Latin; the plural in English is usually viruses.

Final a becomes -ae (also -æ), or just adds -s: • Alumna alumnae • Formula formulae/formulas • encyclopedia (rarely encyclopædia) encyclopedias (encyclopediae is rare)

Final ex or ix becomes -ices (pronounced /ɨsiːz/), or just adds -es: Index indices/ˈɪndɨsiːz/or indexes Matrix matrices/ˈmeɪtrɨsiːz/ Vertex vertices/ˈvɜrtɨsiːz/

Final –um becomes –a Medium Media Bacterium Bacteria

SCIENTIFIC ENGLISH OTC AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS