Latin Terminology II. - DA1102333

• Title: Latin Terminology II.
• Guaranteed by: Department of Languages (13-821)
• Faculty: Second Faculty of Medicine
• Actual: from 2025
• Semester: summer
• Points: 3
• E-Credits: 3
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/28, C+Ex [HS]
• Extent per academic year: 14 [weeks]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Guarantor: PhDr. Eliška Králová, Ph.D.
• Is pre-requisite for: DA1104339, DA1103337

Annotation

The aim of the subject is to help students who have just started their studies in Medicine to get a basic understanding of technical medical terms by analysing their language structure. The subject allows the students to understand terminological systems used in anatomical, clinical and pathological practice. Current medical papers, anatomical textbooks, medical reports or diagnosis descriptions written in Latin as well as other materials are frequently used in class.

Last update: Králová Eliška, PhDr., Ph.D. (19.09.2025)

Literature

COMPULSORY:

Lauková, L.: Medical Terminology Unplugged: Latin & Greek Made Easy. Komenius University Bratislava (available as PDF on Moodle)​

RECOMMENDED:

Honč, P., Přívratská, J., Hellerová, K.: Essential Medical Terminology: your lifeboat in the sea of terms. Praha: Karolinum Press 2022

Kavečanská, A., Šalamon, P.: The Basics of Graeco-Latin Medical Terminology. Košice, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, 2017

Svobodová, D.: An Introduction to Greco-Latin Medical Terminology, 2006 (B)

Prucklová, R.: Introduction to Latin and Greek Terminology in Medicine, 2007 (B)

Rice, J.: Medical Terminology with Human Anatomy, 1991

Wistreich, G. A.: Medical Terminology in Action, 1994

W. B. Saunders company : Medical Dictionary, 1981

Woodhouse, S. C.: Latin Dictionary, 1991 (B)

Černý, K.: Guide to Basic Medical Terminology, 2015

ADDITIONAL MATERIALS ON MOODLE:

Moodle:

https://dl3.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=747

Last update: Králová Eliška, PhDr., Ph.D. (19.09.2025)

Syllabus

1. Unit 8: Revision of the winter semester.

2. Unit 9: Nominative and genitive plural – masculine and feminine.

3. Unit 9: Nominative and genitive plural – masculine and feminine.

4. Unit 10: Neuter nouns – rules, specifics, forming the plural.

5. Unit 10: Neuter nouns – rules, specifics, forming the plural.

6. Unit 11: Structure of anatomical terms. Revision.

7. Test 1

8. Unit 12: Prepositional phrases: accusative (post, ante, propter) and the structure of longer diagnoses.

9. Unit 12: Prepositional phrases: accusative (post, ante, propter) and the structure of longer diagnoses. (dissection week ???)

10. Unit 13: Prepositional phrases: ablative (cum, sine) and the structure of longer diagnoses.

11. Unit 13: Prepositional phrases: ablative (cum, sine) and the structure of longer diagnoses.

12. Test 2

13. Unit 14: Numerals and medical prescription.

14. Comprehensive revision

Last update: Králová Eliška, PhDr., Ph.D. (19.09.2025)