On the Classification of Veterinary Medical Terminology in Modern English

The professional English-speaking activity of a veterinarian implies the use of a terminological apparatus in veterinary medicine, the words which have Latin and ancient Greek roots. In veterinary medicine, the terms are widely spread and they reflect the scientific achievements of anatomy, physiology and histology of many generations of natural scientists and veterinarians. Latin and English are functioning in the XX and XXI centuries, at the same time English terms with Latin roots replace Latin terms and function successfully in the scientific intercultural communication. The proposed classification of veterinary English terms allows systematizing knowledge in the process of learning English by veterinarians. There are three groups of terms: veterinary, anatomical, biological. Eponymous and abbreviations are significant sources of veterinary medicine. The veterinary terms division provides the formation of professional foreign language competence.