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Medical Terminology

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Course director

  • Eklicsné Lepenye Katalin

    assistant professor,
    Department of Languages for Specific Purposes

Number of hours/semester

lectures: 12 hours

practices: 0 hours

seminars: 12 hours

total of: 24 hours

Subject data

  • Code of subject: OAE-N06-T
  • 2 kredit
  • General Medicine
  • Elective modul
  • autumn
Prerequisites:

-

Course headcount limitations

min. 5 – max. 275

Topic

Introduction into the basics of Medical Terminology pertaining to anatomical and clinical aspects focusing on word building and breaking down medical terms.

Lectures

  • 1. Introduction into Medical Terminology. The importance of Medical terminology in practice. - Eklicsné Lepenye Katalin
  • 2. Terminology of diseases and diagnosis. - Eklicsné Lepenye Katalin
  • 3. Body structure. Anatomical directions, body planes. - Eklicsné Lepenye Katalin
  • 4. Anatomical terminology of he skeletal system and the skull. - Eklicsné Lepenye Katalin
  • 5. Terminology of continuous and discontinuous connections and the muscular system. - Eklicsné Lepenye Katalin
  • 6. Terminology of the cardiovascular system and the heart. - Eklicsné Lepenye Katalin
  • 7. Terminology of the respiratory system. - Eklicsné Lepenye Katalin
  • 8. Terminology of the digestive system. - Eklicsné Lepenye Katalin
  • 9. Terminology of the urinary system. - Eklicsné Lepenye Katalin
  • 10. Terminology of the male reproductive system. - Eklicsné Lepenye Katalin
  • 11. Terminology of the female reproductive system. - Eklicsné Lepenye Katalin
  • 12. Terminology of the sensory organs. - Eklicsné Lepenye Katalin

Practices

Seminars

  • 1. Structure of Medical Terminology. Prefixes, suffixes, word roots. Introduction to clinical terminology.
  • 2. Terminology of diseases.
  • 3. Terminology of diagnosis.
  • 4. Body structure. Anatomical directions, orientation; body planes.
  • 5. Bones of the human body. Terminology of the skeletal system.
  • 6. Mid-term test
  • 7. Terminology of the muscular system.
  • 8. Terminology of the heart and cardiovascular system.
  • 9. Terminology of the respiratory system.
  • 10. Terminology of the digestive system.
  • 11. Revision
  • 12. End-of-term test

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Literature developed by the Department

Notes

Recommended literature

University Script

Donáth, Tibor: Lexicon Anatomiae. Anatomical Dictionary, Semmelweis, Bp. 1999

Jean Tannis Dennerll: Medical Terminology Made Easy, Delmar Publishers Inc., New York 1991

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

Taking two tests are required to complete the course and receive a grade and credits.

Mid-term exams

A midterm test during week 6.

End-of-term test during week 12.

Making up for missed classes

To be discussed with the instructor.

Exam topics/questions

Anatomical and clinical terminology of the locomotor, cardiovascular, respiratory and digestive systems.

Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

  • Berta Anikó
  • Eklicsné Lepenye Katalin
  • Nagy Renáta
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