Latin Language and the Fundamentals of Medical Terminology Course
Latin language and the fundamentals of pharmaceutical terminology’
Practical Lessons procedures for the first year students of pharmaceutical
department (“Pharmacy”)
For mastering of Latin language and the fundamentals of pharmaceutical terminology course the
students of pharmaceutical department have one educational year (I and II semesters), 80 hours in the
whole.
Due to the Latin language and the fundamentals of pharmaceutical terminology Studying Program,
which is ratified by Ministry of Health of Ukraine for Pharmaceutical Department Students of Medical
Universities the course is devided into two Modules.
Module I “Phonetic, lexical and grammatical fundamentals of pharmaceutical and
botanic terms” is devided into three thematic modules and takes 19 lessons.
Module II “Grammar of Latin language (continuation). Lexical and semantic providing with
mastering of pharmaceutical terminology” is devided into three thematic modules and takes 19
lessons.
Rating of students’ marks
On each practical lesson the students are giving marks for their knowledge and practical skills
according to four – grade (Ukrainian traditional) system which are converted in scores in the following
way:
Grade
Scores
“5” (excellent)
6
“4” (good)
4
“3” (satisfactory)
3
“2”(unsatisfactory)
0
The Final Modules control would be available for students who will get at least 57 scores ( 3 scores
for each of the 19 themes) as aggregate result before concluding session for Modules I,II.
The minimal sum of scores for the Final Modules control is 50 and the maximum is 80.
The Final Module control theoretical questions list:
Module I
Phonetics.
Latin alphabet.
The main rules of pronunciation.
Stress.
Morphology.
Verb.
Grammatical categories of Latin verbs.
Infinitive. Conjugation of verbs.
Imperative of verbs. The main verbs, imperative of which is used
in pharmaceutical terminology.
Indicative of verbs.
The verb “fio, fieri”, its place in prescription.
The verb “sum, esse”.
Noun.
Grammatical categories.
The vocabulary form of Latin nouns.
5 declensions of nouns.
The regular case-terminations of 1-5 declensions.
Nouns of the 1-st declension. Common peculiarities.
Nouns of the 2-nd declension. Common peculiarities. Exceptions from the rule.
Disagreed attribute.
Adjective.
Grammatical categories.
Adjectives of the 1-st and 2- nd declensions (1 group).
Agreement of adjectives and nouns.
Agreed attribute.
Prepositions and conjunctions in pharmaceutical terminology.
Translation of pharmaceutical terms.
Main patterns of pharmaceutical terms.
Pharmaceutical terminology.
Fundamental pharmaceutical conceptions.
Trivial (conventional) names of medicaments.
Methods of forming medicament trivial names.
Latin nomenclature of remedy forms.
Solid remedy forms.
Fluid remedy forms.
Soft remedy forms.
Officinal remedy forms used abroad.
Remedy forms used abroad but do not detached in separated groups in our country.
Prescription.
The structure of prescription.
Two ways of prescribing of tablets, sugar-coated pills, suppositories and ophthalmic
membranes.
The main Greek roots and prefixes that are used in medical and
pharmaceutical terminology.
Conception of term-element (TE).
Term-elements indicating chemical structure of medicaments (1).
Term-elements of therapeutic, anatomic, physiological
and pharmacological character (2).
Systematization of term-elements.
Word-building
Greek prefixes: a-, an-, anti-, dia(di)-, ec-, exo-, ecto-, en(em)-, endo-, epi-, meso-, meta, para-, peri-, pro-, syn(sym)-, hyper-, hypo-.
Latin prefixes: a-, ab(abs)-, ad-, ante-, circum-, con-, de(des)-, dis-, e(ex)-,
extra-, in(im)-, infra-, inter-, intra-, per-, prae-, pro-, sub-,
super-, supra-, trans-, re-, retro-, se-.
Nouns’ suffixes: -in-a; -ur-a; -ul, -cul, -ol, -in-um; -ol-um, -or, -io.
Adjectives’ suffixes: -in, -os, -al, -ar, -iv, -ic, -i-form, -o-ide.
Module II
Morphology.
Noun.
Nouns of the 3-rd declension.
Nouns of masculine. Exceptions from the rule of gender.
Nouns of feminine. Exceptions from the rule of gender.
Greek nouns in – sis.
Nouns of neuter. Exceptions from the rule of gender.
Nouns of the 4-th declension. Common peculiarities. Exceptions from the rule.
Nouns of the 5-th declension. Common peculiarities.
Adjective.
Grammatical categories.
Adjectives of the 1-st and 2- nd declensions (1 group).
Adjectives of the 3-rd declension ( 2 group).
Adjectives fortis, e; mitis, e.
Agreement of adjectives and nouns.
Agreed attribute.
Participle.
Present Participle Active.
The names of ingredients in the complex prescription.
Past Participle Passive.
Adverb.
Formation of adverbs from the adjectives.
Adverbs often used in pharmaceutical terminology.
The names of powders on the degree of crushing.
Cardinal and ordinal numerals.
Latin and Greek numeral prefixes in pharmaceutical terminology.
Pharmaceutical terminology.
Names of serums, vaccines and antitoxins.
The names of oils that are often used in pharmaceutical terminology.
Special prescription expressions.
International chemical nomenclature.
The names of chemical elements.
The names of acids.
The names of oxides, peroxides, hydroxides, protoxides.
The names of salts.
The names of organic sodium and potassium salts.
The names of compound ethers.
The most important prescription’s abbreviations.
Clinical terminology.
The Greek (Latin) term- elements /kephal…odont/, /logia...odynia/
in clinical terminology (1).
The Greek suffixes –osis, -iasis, -ismus, -itis, -oma in clinical terminology. The main
Greek (Latin) term-elements /splanchn…orchi/, /іatria...rhaphia/ in clinical terminology
(2).
The main Greek (Latin) term-elements /haem…hydr/, /tox…phon/ in clinical
terminology (3).
The main Greek (Latin) term-elements /bio…trophia/, /oxy…psych/, /plegia…phrеnic/
in clinical terminology (4).
The main Greek (Latin) term-elements /aut…necr/ in clinical terminology (5).
Systematization of Greek (Latin) term-elements.