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INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
At last, a simple approach to learning the terminology of medicine that builds on the student's own familiar vocabulary. This uniquely easy learning method teaches any student who needs to understand the special language used by health' care professionals how to define, form, and use medical terms.
This volume includes:
• Prefixes, suffixes, and roots
• Word analysis techniques for decoding unfamiliar medical terms
• Techniques for combining word components to form new medical terms Pronunciation guides
• Word origins, examples, and learning tips
• 254 flash cards for mastering word components
• Definitions of medical terms and readings that reinforce learning
• Directional terms
• Terms for body organs and systems with anatomical illustrations
• Disease terms
• Pharmacology terms, including those used in writing prescriptions
• Laboratory terms, including those related to bacteriology, blood and urine chemistry, and blood counts...
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Fülszöveg
INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
At last, a simple approach to learning the terminology of medicine that builds on the student's own familiar vocabulary. This uniquely easy learning method teaches any student who needs to understand the special language used by health' care professionals how to define, form, and use medical terms.
This volume includes:
• Prefixes, suffixes, and roots
• Word analysis techniques for decoding unfamiliar medical terms
• Techniques for combining word components to form new medical terms Pronunciation guides
• Word origins, examples, and learning tips
• 254 flash cards for mastering word components
• Definitions of medical terms and readings that reinforce learning
• Directional terms
• Terms for body organs and systems with anatomical illustrations
• Disease terms
• Pharmacology terms, including those used in writing prescriptions
• Laboratory terms, including those related to bacteriology, blood and urine chemistry, and blood counts with WBC differential
• Exercises and self-tests for each chapter
A useful appendix includes a comprehensive reference guide for the word components in this volume, a lisi of medical abbreviations, and a guide to medical specialties.
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