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LATIN MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

Learn Latin medical terminology with an emphasis on grammar, structure, and vocabulary. Credits and exams are required for successful completion. Contact Mgr. Karel Černý, Ph.D. for more information.

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LATIN MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

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  1. LATIN MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY • Introduction, contact information • Requirements • Structure of Latin medical terminology • Required introductory grammar

  2. Contact information • Mgr. Karel Černý, Ph.D. • Institution: • Ústav dějin lékařství a cizích jazyků 1. LF UK • Institute for History of Medicine and Foreign Languages 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University • Address: • Kateřinská 32 • 120 00 Praha 2 • (entrance: via foreign students office and library) • http://udl.lf1.cuni.cz/ • karel.cerny@lf1.cuni.cz • phone: +420 224 964 108

  3. Required textbook • Dana Svobodová, An Introduction to Greco-Latin Medical Terminology, Prague (Nakladatelství Karolinum) 2002. • Available at: • booksellers • Wimmer (Lipová street – in vicinity of General hospital) • Karolinum (Celetná street, within reach of underground stations “Můstek” or “Náměstí republiky”) • library of the faculty (Kateřinská street, foreign students dpt.)

  4. REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE COURSE • Latin terminology is a one term course with obligatory credit and exam in the end of the winter term. • Two ways of obtaining a credit: • a) if all tests during a term are successful AND the attendance is satisfactory (two or less lessons missed): you will receive a credit without additional conditions in the “credit week” • b) if any of previous conditions is not met: you have to write a credit test during the credit week (three attempts are allowed)

  5. Exam conditions • three attempts are allowed, the 3rd one must be with different examinator than previous two • exam consists of two parts: • written test • spoken examination. • Further details about credits and exams can be found here: http://udl.lf1.cuni.cz/ • Consultations: • During the therm or the examination period available on request.

  6. Structure of Latin-Greek Medical Terminology • Grammatical structure: • nouns (substantivum, divided to 5 declensions) • adjectives (adiectivum, two major groups, 3 dec-lensions) • prepositions (praepositiones) • numerals (numeralia, cardinal and ordinal numerals) • Greek grammar (3 declensions to limited extent) • Lexical structure: • Latin vocabulary • Greek vocabulary • one-word composed terms

  7. Nouns • Nouns are divided to declensions indicated in textbook using Roman numerals I. - V. • Every declension consist of six grammatical cases in singular and plural. 5th and 3rd case are not used in Medical Terminology • Names of cases: • 1. nominativus (nominative) • 2. genitivus (genitive/possessive case) • 4. accusativus (accusative/objective case) • 6. ablativus (ablative)

  8. Adjectives, prepositions, numerals, verbs • adjectives use the same system of cases (and suffixes) as Latin nouns limited to I. - III. declension • prepositions consist of three groups and are indeclinable • numerals – two groups, partially indeclinable • verbs – only imperative is required

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