Published on Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University (http://www.lf2.cuni.cz ) Latin Medical Terminology Submitted by Marie Havlová on 13. February 2014-0:00 Latin Medical Terminology for International Students, 1st year winter semester summer semester Lecturers: Mgr. Eliška Gýnová, Mgr. Josef Förster, Ph.D., Mgr. Hana Veselá Course Content: Medical Latin and Greek in current medical terminology. Grammar part declension of Latin and Greek nouns; declension of adjectives, comparison of adjectives (comparative, superlative), exceptions and irregular forms; numerals, prepositions and basic forms of verbs used in medical practice; Latin and Greek prefixes, suffixes and compound words and hybrids and their importance in medical practice. Medical documents (prescriptions, diagnoses, anamneses etc.) Lexical part Latin and Greek vocabulary with an emphasis on anatomical and clinical nomenclature and Latin and Greek parallels. Literature: Compulsory: Medical Latin Terminology for international students (internal material prepared by Ústav jazyků) Recommended: SVOBODOVÁ, D.: An Introduction into Greco-Latin Medical Terminology, Karolinum, Praha 1995 and other editions RICE, J.: Medical terminology with human anatomy. East Norwalk 1991
WISTREICH, G. A.: Medical terminology in action, USA, 1994 Medical Dictionary, W. B. Saunders Company, 1981 WOODHOUSE, S. C.: Latin Dictionary, Routledge, London 1991 Winter semester: Week Topic 1 A survey of ancient and medieval medicine and the development of its terminology. Introduction to grammar. Spelling and pronunciation, length of syllables, accent. Cases. 2 Latin declensions introduction. Latin prepositions. 1st declension Nouns and adjectives. Prepositions used with accusative and ablative cases. 3 2nd Latin declension. Nouns used with adjectives. 2nd declension Greek neuters. 4 4th Latin declension. Deverbatives. Supine stem. 5 5th declension. The verb esse and its derivatives. 6 1st and 2nd Greek declensions. Greek terms in medical terminology, the history of their introduction into Latin. Examples of most common Greek terms. 7 Revision 1st revision test. 8 3rd Latin declension imparisyllabic words masculines and feminines. Their use with adjectives. 9 3rd Latin declension imparisyllabic words neutres. 10 Parisyllabic words. Their use with adjectives. Summary of 3rd Latin declension. 11 3rd Greek declension. Nouns and adjectives. Comparison with Latin equivalents. 12 3rd declension nouns summary. Problems, anatomic terms, diagnoses, review before the test. 13 Revision of 3rd declension 2nd revision test.
14 Credit test Summer semester: Week Topic 1 3rd declension adjectives. Names of the most common remedies and their declension. 2 Regular, irregular, defective and periphrastic comparison of adjectives. Comparative and superlative of adjectives and their use and specific features in medical terminology. 3 Numerals. Latin and Greek numerals. Their use with nouns. 4 Latin verbs in medical terminology, instructions. Imperative, present subjunctive. Instructions, commands and prohibitions in medical terminology. 5 Medical prescriptions. The most common abbreviations and simple instructions. 6 Latin participles. Their types and function in medical terminology. 7 Revision 1st revision test. 8 Ways of creating and the development of medical terminology. 9 Latin and Greek prefixes their meaning. 10 Latin and Greek suffixes and their specific meaning in medical terminology. 11 Latin and Greek composed words, hybrids. 12 Medical texts. Medical prescriptions, medical reports, autopsy reports, etc. 13 Revision 2nd revision test. 14 Credit test
Midterm tests requirements: Winter semester: Test 1: Declension of nouns of 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th declension (Nom., Gen., Acc., Abl., cases sg. + pl., connections with prepositions and adjectives of 1st and 2nd declension), Adjectives of 1st and 2nd declension, Greek nouns of 1st and 2nd declension vocabulary, Prepositions used with Acc. and Abl. cases. Test 2: Mainly focused on: 3rd declension Latin and Greek nouns (Nom., Gen., Acc., Abl. cases sg. + pl., connections with prepositions and adjectives of 1st and 2nd declension), Credit test: All the topics of the winter semester classes (see previous topics). Summer semester: Test 1: Mainly focused on: 3rd declension adjectives, including comparison, in connection with all declension nouns and prepositions (Nom, Gen., Acc., Abl. cases sg. + pl.), Numerals and Verbs instructions, Medical prescription Test 2: Mainly focused on: Latin and Greek prefixes and suffixes, composed words and hybrids. Credit test: All the topics of the summer semester classes (see previous topics). Final examination test: All declensions of nouns and adjectives (Nom., Gen., Acc., Abl. cases sg. + pl.) instructions medical abbreviations compound terms (English Greco Latin translation) + analysis of compound terms (prefix, suffix and stem, the basic form and meaning of the single parts) comparison of adjectives vocabulary (the full dictionary entry)
parallel glossary (English Greco Latin terms) names of remedies Source URL (retrieved on 18. 1. 2018-16:29): http://www.lf2.cuni.cz/en/study/syllabus/latin-medical-terminology