Medical Terminology For Dummies
1st Edition
Published on 28. November 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-0-470-27965-6 (ISBN)
Description
The fun and easy way(r) to understand, pronounce, and apply medical terminology
Don't know a carcinoma from a hematoma? This friendlyguide gets you up to speed quickly on medical terminology fundamentals, helping you master definitions, pronunciations, and applications across all medical fields. Once you understand medical prefixes, suffixes, and root words, you'll approach even unfamiliar medical terms with confidence.
* Recognize common root words - identify words that apply to body regions, organs, anatomy, and pathology
* Pronounce and use terms with ease -grasp the phonics of medical terms and understand the context of words, from hospital to pharmacy to test lab
* Break words down - understand unfamiliar words by defining their elements and recombining them; and get familiar with prefixes and suffixes, plurals and multiples
* Get a handle on anatomy and systems - bone up on terms that describe and are related to the body's systems, from skeletal and muscular to gastrointestinal and endocrine
* Learn the lingo - familiarize yourself with common terms used in the ER, OR, pharmacy, and lab
* Get to the source- understand Greek and Latin sources of medical terms
Open the book and find:
* Tips for understanding unfamiliar medical terms
* Explanations of Greek and Latin roots and structures
* Definitions of common prefixes and suffixes
* Guidance in pronouncing medical terms
* Word roots commonly used in hospitals, pharmacies, and labs
* Terms for diseases, lab tests, and medications
* Useful mnemonic devices
* Helpful word-building activities
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Edition
1., Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 23.3 cm
Width: 18.7 cm
Thickness: 2.2 cm
Weight
589 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-27965-6 (9780470279656)
Schweitzer Classification
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Beverley Henderson | Jennifer Lee Dorsey
Medical Terminology For Dummies
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02/2015
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Persons
Beverley Henderson, CMT, has 35 years of medical terminology and transcription experience in a hospital setting, and has taught and developed curricula for Medical Terminology courses at the college level. Jennifer Dorsey is a writer, editor, and author of several books.
Content
Introduction.
Part I: Living for Linguistics.
Chapter 1: Scrubbing In to Master Medical Terminology.
Chapter 2: Medical Terminology: The How and Why.
Chapter 3: Introducing the Big Three: Prefi xes, Roots, and Suffixes.
Chapter 4: Acronyms, Eponyms, Homonyms, Multiples, and Plurals -- Oh My!
Chapter 5: Say What? Pronunciation and Usage.
Part II: Mapping Words and Bodies.
Chapter 6: It Was in the Beginning: Prefixes.
Chapter 7: So It Shall Be in the End: Suffixes.
Chapter 8: Hey, I Know You: Word Recognition.
Chapter 9: Deconstruction Junction: Breaking Down Words.
Chapter 10: An Org Chart to Live By: Organization of the Body.
Chapter 11: All Systems Go: When Systems Combine.
Part III: In Terms of Anatomy.
Chapter 12: Boning Up on the Skeletal System.
Chapter 13: Getting Ripped: The Muscular System.
Chapter 14: Skin Deep: Skin, Glands, Nails, and Hair.
Chapter 15: It Depends on Your Perception: The Sensory Systems.
Part IV: Let's Get Some Physiology Terminology.
Chapter 16: The Heart of the Matter: The Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems.
Chapter 17: Just Breathe: The Respiratory System.
Chapter 18: Feeding Time: The Gastrointestinal System.
Chapter 19: Gatekeepers of Health: The Endocrine System.
Chapter 20: Calming Down: The Nervous System.
Part V: Name That Plumbing.
Chapter 21: When You Gotta Go: The Urinary System.
Chapter 22: Checking the Plumbing: The Male Reproductive System.
Chapter 23: A Life Force: The Female Reproductive System.
Part VI: The Par t of Tens.
Chapter 24: Ten Essential Medical Terminology References.
Chapter 25: Ten or So Useful Mnemonic Devices.
Chapter 26: Ten Fun Word-Building Activities.
Appendix: Prefixes and Suffixes.
Index.