VERBAL FORMULATION OF LATIN DIAGNOSES AND HEALTH PROBLEMS

Terminological competence in medical professionals necessitates the conscious use of Latin medical terminology both in oral communication and written discourse. Proficiency in Latin-Greek derived terminology reflects a clinician's professional lexical competence, encompassing the ability to comprehend professionally encoded concepts and engage in appropriate terminological communication using standardized international Latin medical vocabulary. Diagnostic formulation for diseases and health-related conditions consistently adheres to established morphological and syntactic patterns. Mastery of these structures facilitates navigation through complex Latin clinical terminology as systematically organized within the twenty-one categories of the currently valid International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) and the Ukrainian National Classifier (NC 025:2021). The purpose of the study is to identify the predominant structural and syntactic models employed in diagnostic formulation through the lens of international Latin terminology, with particular attention to their standardized application in clinical practice. The object of the study. The research focused specifically on Latin terms and terminological phrases designed for universal comprehension within the global medical community, capitalizing on the international status of Latin medical terminology. Research results. Comprehensive structural analysis of all nominative units contained within ICD-10 and NC 025:2021 permitted the categorization of terminological combinations into two functionally distinct groups based on their syntactic behavior: 1) prepositional constructions, among which the syntactic constructions "consistent meaning", "non-consistent meaning" are distinguished, "combined type of syntactic connection"; 2) heterogeneous constructions with prepositional governance. Conclusions. Contemporary clinical practice continues to face unresolved challenges regarding diagnostic formulation standardization that would satisfy current medical documentation requirements, with notable discrepancies persisting among healthcare administrators, practicing clinicians, pathologists, and medical statisticians. The exceptional structural complexity inherent to multi-word Latin terminological units generates substantial translation difficulties across languages. This reality underscores the critical importance of developing parallel diagnostic formulations in Ukrainian, Latin, and major European languages (English, German, French, Italian, Polish) that maintain strict alignment with current ICD-10 and NC 025:2021 standards, while simultaneously identifying and systematizing stable clinical expressions as a fundamental step toward resolving these pressing terminological challenges.