Information Package / Course Catalogue
Medical Terminology
Course Code: LVS153
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

The basic elements of medical terminology that is used as communication language spelling, reading, and will be taught the meaning.

Course Content

Terminology, anatomical terminology, planes and axes, joint movements, commonly used terms, the overall system terminology, laboratory terms, radiological terminology, terminology relating to methods of laboratory, radiology terms of non-imaging methods.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Ins. Tayfun ŞAHİN
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to Understands the basic principles of medical terminology
2.To be able to understand Medical terms, Based on structures of prefix and suffix can track the root. Students taking this course, which is the basic element of medical terminology prefixes, suffixes and roots would be about the information has been acquired.
3.To be able to Diagnosis of diseases of various systems, typing the correct meaning of the terms of symptoms provides.
4.Reading medical terms
5.Individual terms of systems
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Medical Terminology for Vocational School, Ekinci, S., Hatipoğlu H.G, January, 2011, 3 Printing.
2.Medical Terminology, Edt. Akpınar E., ATATÜRK ÜNİVERSİTESİ AÇIKÖĞRETİM FAKÜLTESİ YAYINI ERZURUM, 2019.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction to Terminology
Week 2 - Theoretical
Medical Terms Related to the Cardiovascular System
Week 3 - Theoretical
Medical Terms Related to the Respiratory System
Week 4 - Theoretical
Medical Terms Related to Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Week 5 - Theoretical
Nervous System Related Medical Terms Terms
Week 6 - Theoretical
Medical Terms Related to the Endocrine System
Week 7 - Theoretical
Medical Terms Related to the Digestive System
Week 8 - Theoretical
Medical Terms Related to Anesthesia and Surgery
Week 9 - Theoretical
Medical Terms Related to Musculoskeletal System
Week 10 - Theoretical
Medical Terms Related to the Urogenital System
Week 11 - Theoretical
Medical Terms Related to Emergency and First Aid
Week 12 - Theoretical
Pharmacological Medical Terms
Week 13 - Theoretical
Medical Terms Related to Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
Week 14 - Theoretical
Medical Terms Related to Public Health and Classification of Diseases
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Midterm Examination1819
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)76
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026