Lecturers:Mgr. Eva Schánělová

Practical courses:

The aim of the subject is to understand medical terminology phrases, The students are expected to use all the materials provided on the Faculty web page.

Classes content:

1. Introduction to the subject: the importance of Latin terminology for the study of medicine, pronunciation and spelling rules.

The system of Latin grammar for nouns (stem and suffix; case, number, gender) in relation to other European languages.

Unit 1 - Substantives and Adjectives of the 1st declension.

2. Unit 2 Substantives and Adjectives of the 2nd declension. Anatomical terminology. Unit 6. Introduction to Pathological and clinical terminology. Greek bases I.

3. Unit 3 – 4^th-5^th declension + 1st and 2nd declension adjectives.

Unit 7 – pathological and clinical terminology. Greek bases II. Dental diagnoses.

4. Unit 4 – 3^rd declension nouns + the collocation of 1^st and 2^nd declension adjectives. Unit 7 – diagnoses.

Test I – Greek bases I, II.

5. Unit 5 – Substantives of the 3rd Declension (-ī- stem).

Unit 8 – prefixes (periodontium/paradontitis/interdental X intradental,…)

6. Unit 6 - 3rd declension adjectives. Typical anatomical phrases.

Unit 8 - Greek bases III.

Test II – Unit 1 - 5

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Unit 7 - 3rd declension nouns of Greek origin. Main groups of the suffixes (terminology of inflammations, degenerative diseases and tumours). Examples in clinical and pathological reports.

Unit 9 – Word formation (carcino-genes/stomato-rrhagia/odont-algia,..)

Test III – Greek bases I, II, III

8. Unit 8 + Unit 9. Examples in medical and pathological reports.

9. Unit 9. Preparing for the Credit test.

Test IV – understanding clinic-pathological terms.

10. Credit Test. Review and practice – all grammar, preparation for the Final Exam.