Medical terminology is the foundation of a physician's professional language. This section covers the basic principles of constructing medical concepts in Latin and Ancient Greek. Here, we analyze how individual roots, prefixes, and suffixes are used to form precise names of body structures and diseases.
The material consists of several key blocks. Anatomical Terminology teaches how to navigate the structure of the body in accordance with international nomenclature. Clinical Terminology explains the logic behind the names of pathologies, symptoms, and surgical interventions. We also examine the role of the Latin language in culture to help you understand the historical context in which the medical lexicon was formed.
During practical classes and credit tests, students are most often required to demonstrate the ability to construct terms from Greco-Latin terminological elements (TEs) and accurately translate multi-word anatomical diagnoses. Pay special attention during your studies to the agreement of adjectives with nouns and memorizing clinical suffixes (e.g., -itis, -oma, -osis).