aFAOL2_cjv Professional Latin II

Faculty of Pharmacy
Spring 2026
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 28s. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Renata Prucklová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Tereza Ševčíková (assistant)
PhDr. Jana Vyorálková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Renata Prucklová
Contact Person: PhDr. Renata Prucklová
Timetable of Seminar Groups
aFAOL2_cjv/01: Thu 8:00–9:40 44-249, R. Prucklová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
aFAOL1_cjv Professional Latin I
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Abstract
Purpose of education. Obtaining the ability to use medical and pharmaceutical Latin-Greek terminology accurately and correctly in oral and written form and the basic orientation in general theoretic issues of medical and pharmaceutical terminology.
Content of education : Facilitating of Latin and Greek knowledge that enables the students to master quickly and effectively semantic side of terms, their grammatical form and structure of word formation.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to: use Latin and Greek-Latin medical terminology and expressions correctly and understand them (see syllabus of the course); recognize and explain grammatical devices and rules relevant for acquisition of Greek-Latin medical terminology; explain syntactic structure of complex terms; recognize the semantic structure of selected anatomical, clinical and pharmaceutical one-word terms; form compound words applying the most used word-formation principles; translate selected expressions from anatomy and pre-clinical and clinical fields of study.
Key topics
SEMINAR 1
Revision (declension of Latin and Greek substantives of 1st, 2nd and 3rd declination, declension of adjectives of 1st, 2nd and 3rd declination, vocabulery, comparison of adjectives )
SEMINAR 2
Adverbs (formation and comparison of adverbs, the most usuel adverbs in medical terminology)
SEMINAR 3
Substantives of 4th and 5th declination (declension) Prepositions (overview of Latin prepositions, prepositional phrases)
SEMINAR 4
Numerals (cardinal numerals - formation, declension, ordinal, distributive, multiple numerals, numeral multiple adverbs)
SEMINAR 5
Numerals II ( putting together with multiple object, percentage)
SEMINAR 6
Verbs I (3rd person sg. and pl. of subjunctive of present tense, SEMINAR 7
Verbs II present active participle, perfect passive participle, gerundive, frequently current verbs in medical terminology, borrowed Latin and Greek verbs in Czech).
SEMINAR 8
Prescription (grammatical and lexical side of the prescription, reading the recipe, the most important prescription terms and abbreviations)
International Latin chemical nomenclature
SEMINAR 9
Word formation - Latin prefixes and suffixes (overview and meaning of important Latin prefixes and suffixes occurring in medical terminology)
SEMINAR 10
Word formation - Greek prefixes and suffixes (overview and meaning of important Greek prefixes and suffixes occurring in medical terminology)
SEMINAR 11
Word formation - Latin and Greek compound words, hybrid words (structure and meaning of Latin and Greek compound words, overview of important Greek word-forming components in medical terminology, structure of hybrid words). Borrowed Latin and Greek words in Czech, phone adaptation and orthography)
SEMINAR 12
Prescription issues I (fundamental vocabulery, idioms)
SEMINAR 13
Prescription issues II (Latin names of drug forms, medicanal plants and their compounds, important drug groups
SEMINAR 14
Revision
Credit testing
Study resources and literature
    recommended literature
  • ŘITIČKOVÁ, L. Professional Latin for Pharmacists
  • Vejražka, Martin, Svobodová, Dana. Terminologiae medicae ianua. Praha, 2011. ISBN 978-80-200-2017-8. info
  • Kábrt, Jan, Kábrt, Jan. Lexikon medicum. Praha, 2004. ISBN 80-7262-235-8. info
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
Lectures, translation and grammar exercises, drills. Homework and self-preparation for the class work is required.
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
Four progress tests during the semester. Final written and oral exam in the end of the semester.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 28s.
Teacher's information
Requirements for gaining the credits: regular class attendance, active participation in class, preparation for classes, sitting a written and oral exam. The basic limit for passing all tests is 60%. Passing the progress tests, which are obligatory for all students, reduces the basic limit in the credit test by 4%. Only two unexcused absences will be tolerated; further absences must be properly excused (i.e. via the Study Department of the Faculty of Pharmacy).
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