The aim of the study is to study the morphological features of veterinary terminology, consider the most productive ways of forming English veterinary terms based on the analysis of their structure, components, consideration of their meanings and explanation of the rules of their translation.
The most common ways of forming English terms in the field of veterinary medicine are demonstrated: word formation and affixation. Examples of word formation in which the components of such a noun are directly adjacent to each other are given: rinderpest (cattle plague), bumblefoot (scabies), heartstroke (heart attack); lockjaw (chewing muscle spasm), cowpox (cowpox); monkeypox (monkeypox); chickenpox; smallpox (smallpox) or are connected by the connecting elements -i- and -o-, for example: kernicterus (bilirubin encephalopathy); myxomatosis (myxomatosis). It is determined that the process of affixation in terminology is very active. Using prefixes and semi-prefixes (anti-, en-, ante-, pro-, ad-, de-, hyper-, hypo-, post-, meta-, con-, de- (des-), dis-, epi -, extra-, inter-, intra-, per-, re-, sub-, super-, supra-, trans-, ultra-, mono-, oligo-) a large number of derived veterinary terms are formed. In the suffix method, the most commonly used suffixes are-algia, -cele, -ectomy, -emia, -itis, -oma, -osis, stomy, -tomy, -centesis, -gram, -graph, -graphy, -lysis, -scope , -scopy, –therapy, -algia, -dynia, malacia, -megaly, -pathy, -sclerosis. The necessity of detailed study of word formation of veterinary terminology for its assimilation and translation is proved.
Teaching English for veterinary medicine, like any other field, requires an understanding of its terminology. Knowledge of word formation terms and meanings of the most productive prefixes and suffixes of nouns, as well as skills of division of complex nouns into components will help students learn the scientific terminology necessary for successful understanding of literature in the specialty.
