Syllabus
The syllabus contains chapters of Latin grammar (part A), Latin terminology and medical prescription (part B). Both parts are combined in all the lessons.
Winter semester
Pronunciation, stress and intonation
Introduction to the study of Latin, nominal and verbal systems
Declensions 1-5
Conjugations of regular verbs ( 1st – 4th conjugations – Present Tense Indicative and Infinitive, Imperative), irregular verbs: esse, posse
Adjectives of the 1st and 2nd declensions, adjectives of the 3rd declension, comparison of adjectives
Adverb formation, comparison of adverbs
Numerals (especially cardinal and ordinal numerals, generally multiplicative and distributive numerals)
Prescription phrases I and their abbreviations
Names of selected medicinal plants
Overview of the most important remedies
Types and forms of medicinal preparations I
Summer semester
Present Tense Subjunctive of regular verbs
The verb fio, fieri and the Present Tense Subjunctive forms of the verbs esse and posse
Assimilation of Greek words into Latin
Declensions of substantives of Greek origin according to Latin declensions; and their irregularities
Derivation and compounding in Latin
Derivation and compounds of Greek origin, hybrids
Prescription phrases II and their abbreviations
Types and forms of medicinal preparations II
Selected anatomical terminology
Medical prescription and its Latin structure (reading and understanding)
The aim of this subject is to enable students to acquire elementary knowledge of Latin grammar needed for understanding pharmaceutical terminology and the structure of medical prescriptions. Getting acquainted with Latin and Greek vocabulary should help students to understand better professional disciplines and enlarge their knowledge of medical and pharmaceutical sciences.