Medical Terminology - CVSE1P0003
Title: Lékařská terminologie
Guaranteed by: Department of Languages and Medical Terminology 3FM CU (12-UCJA)
Faculty: Third Faculty of Medicine
Actual: from 2018
Semester: winter
Points: 3
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: winter s.:
summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/30, C [HS]
summer s.:0/30, C+Ex [HS]
Extent per academic year: 60 [hours]
Capacity: winter:unknown / unknown (unknown)
summer:unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech, English
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Guarantor: PhDr. Petr Honč, Ph.D.
Examination dates   Schedule   
Annotation -
The course is designed as an introduction into the language of medicine, showing the origins of the medical terms, its language analysis and grammatical structures (Latin as well as Greek). Such an understanding of the specialised terminology is essential for its correct lexical and grammatical usage.
Last update: Honč Petr, PhDr., Ph.D. (28.11.2019)
Aim of the course -

 

Students will familiarize themselves with the structure of the Latin and Greek medical terminology, they will learn to analyse the terms from the grammatical, morphological, and even etymological points of view and to use them functionally. They will further develop their knowledge through understanding the terms in the broader context of the language and the content.

Last update: Honč Petr, PhDr., Ph.D. (28.11.2019)
Literature -

 

Compulsory:

Internal study material on "Výuka"

Recommended literature:

Dana Svobodová: An Introduction to Greco-Latin Medical Terminology, UK Praha, Karolinum Press 2011;

Terminologia Anatomica: International Anatomical Terminology, FCAT, Thieme Stuttgart- New York, 1998.

Last update: Honč Petr, PhDr., Ph.D. (28.11.2019)
Teaching methods -

seminar

 
Last update: Honč Petr, PhDr., Ph.D. (23.09.2020)
Requirements to the exam -

Credit is awarded based on passing two partial tests (pass 70%). The tests take place on-line on the Moodle 3 platform and cannot be retaken. In case of non-fulfillment of these requirements, the condition of the credit is a comprehensive credit test (success rate of at least 70%, maximum of 3 re-sittings). The credit test takes place during the examination period. 
The final exam can be taken on three exam dates (one regular and two re-sittings) The third attempt takes place in the form of a commission exam. The commission examination may be taken only on special dates, which are designated for that purpose and duly marked in SIS.

Last update: Honč Petr, PhDr., Ph.D. (30.09.2021)
Syllabus -

COURSE SYLLABUS:

Winter Term:

The development of medical terminology from a historical context; methods of study; program of the course.
Basic Latin grammatical terminology. Latin word categories. Word forms. Flexion. Pronunciation and intonation. Medical vocabulary (Latin/Greek) in framework of particular disciplines; the context of the English language.
Declension of Latin nouns and adjectives: 1st declension. Prepositions used with the accusative and the ablative case. Vocabulary - basic rules.
Declension of Latin nouns and adjectives: 2nd declension. Ordinal numbers. The structure of an anatomical term. 

TEST 1

Declension of Latin nouns: 4th declension. 

Declension of Latin nouns: 5th declension. Substantivization of adjectives. 

Declension of Latin nouns: 3rd declension - imparisyllaba (tumor - operatio - corpus).

Comparative and superlative forms

Declension of Latin nouns: 3rd declension - i-stems (auris, dens) and exceptions to the 3rd declension rules. 


Revision of the 1st-5th declensions Latin nouns, and adjectives of 1st and 2nd declensions.  

TEST 2

Combining all types of nouns with an adjective. Prepositional phrases. Revision.

CREDIT TEST

Summer Term

Revision of the winter term.

Greek nouns in the Latin declension (3rd declension): ureter - basis - trauma; terminological classification of illness: -itis, -osis, -oma. Diagnosis clinica. 
Greek nouns in the Latin declension (1st declension): acne - diabetes 

Latin adjectives of the 3rd declension. Third declension adjectives (revision).

Regular comparison of adjectives (comparative and superlative degrees). 

TEST 1

Greek stems – their use in nouns and adjectives.
Adverbs (a brief survey). Latin numerals. Declension of unus, duo, tres
Greek numerals. Medical abbreviations. Names of drugs.
Latin and Greek prefixes and suffixes. Combining forms. English equivalents.
Dividing MT into component parts. 
Greek and Latin vocabulary understanding. Identification of an expression within the grammatical system.
Practical use of Latin/Greek terms. Diagnostic procedures and surgical interventions in MT.
Compounds (noun + noun; noun + adjective; noun + verb; adverb + verb; numeral + noun; multiplied compounds; hybrids). Derivatives. English derivation of a medical term on the basis of Latin.

Linguistic analysis of a complex medical term into morphological components; selecting meaningful units; creating medical concepts. MT practice.

TEST 2
Revision of grammar and vocabulary.  

CREDIT TEST

Last update: Honč Petr, PhDr., Ph.D. (29.09.2021)