C1.1.8 Latin Language 
Program 31.05.01 General Medicine 
Graduate's qualification (degree) – Medical Doctor 

1. Subject mastering goals 
The main goals of mastering subject C1.1.8 Latin Language are to form the fundamentals of students’ terminological competence, to use medical terms of Greek and Latin origin both in English and Latin while studying basic disciplines as well as in practical activities and research work. 

2. Subject place in the bachelor MPEP structure 
The discipline “The Latin Language” is included in the basic set of disciplines for the program 31.05.01 General Medicine. 
To know Latin is necessary to succeed in studying such theoretical and practical courses as “Human Anatomy”, “Pharmacology”, “Pathologic anatomy, clinical pathologic anatomy”, “Clinical pharmacology” and others. 
The Latin language is the basis of physicians’ terminological and conceptual language. The knowledge of Latin is important to master multidiscipline medical terminology that will be used in the process of learning such major disciplines as “Normal Physiology”, “Topographic Anatomy and Operative Surgery”, “Hospital Surgery, children surgery”, “Obstetrics and Gynecology”, “Pediatrics”. Moreover, the knowledge of medical terms of the Latin origin and the fundamentals of Latin grammar will facilitate reading and understanding specialized literature in a number of foreign languages as well as studying those languages. Therefore, the discipline is essential both for scientific and professional activities of a graduate with a bachelor degree in “General Medicine”. 

3. Subject C1.1.8 Latin Language contents 1. Unit 1. Basics of the Latin language. 
1.1. The Latin alphabet. Rules of reading. Aims and objectives of the discipline, organization of the learning process. The Latin alphabet. Rules of reading vowels and consonants. Pronunciation of diphthongs, pronunciation of letter combinations. 
1.2. Stress. 

Syllabic division of a word. Word stress. 
1.3. Prefixation as a type of word formation. Latin prefixes ab-, ad-, circum-, com-, infra, inter-, intra-, post-, pre-, retro-, sub-, supra-. Greek prefixes a-, apo-, dia-, en-, endo-, epi-, hypo-, meta-, para-, peri-, sym-. 
2. Unit 2. Anatomical terminology 
2.1. The Noun. Grammatical categories of the Noun. The dictionary form of the noun. 

The definition of declension and gender, definition of a noun stem. 
2.2. The singular form of nouns. 
2.3. The plural form of nouns. Agreement with numerals. 
2.4. Morphological structure of an anatomical term. 
2.5. Grammatical categories of adjectives. Latin adjectives of the 1, 2 declensions, endings. Latin adjectives of 3d declension, endings. Declension of adjectives. Formation and declension of adjectives in the comparative and superlative degrees. Agreement of adjectives with nouns.  
2.6. The structure of anatomical terms consisting of adjectives and nouns. Grammar patterns 

3. Unit 3. Pharmaceutical terminology 
3.1. Groups of the Nomenclatural Names. The main pharmaceutical notions. Rules of using capital and small letters in pharmaceutical names. Names of herbs and their parts. Names of dosage forms. 
3.2. The main rules and ways of forming pharmaceutical terms. 
3.3. Standard prescription phrases denoting orders, instructions. The verb. Standard verbal prescription phrases. The imperative mood, its formation and use. The subjunctive mood, its formation and use. Prescriptions of dosage forms in Accusativus Singularis. Preposition cum in prescriptions. Prescriptions of dosage forms in Accusativus Pluralis. Soft dosage forms. Solid dosage forms. Other dosage forms. 
3.4. Abbreviations in prescriptions. 

4. Unit 4. Clinical terminology 
4.1. Clinical terminology. The structure of one-word terms originated from Greek wordforming elements. Types of combining forms. Combining forms denoting pathological conditions. 
4.2. Combining forms denoting methods of medical examination, size and amount.  
4.3. Latin names of diseases. Latin names of respiratory system diseases. Latin names of digestive system diseases. Combining forms denoting mental disorders. Latin names of mental disorders. Combining forms denoting inflammations, tumors, diseases. Latin names of injuries. Combining forms denoting methods of treatment, pathological conditions. Combining forms, denoting medical sciences, pathological conditions. 
4.4. Combining forms denoting methods of treatment pathological conditions. Latin names of medical procedures.