Medical Terminology For Dummies
4th Edition
Published on 16. July 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-1-394-34809-1 (ISBN)
Description
Become fluent in the standardized language of all medical fields
Medical Terminology For Dummies is a resource for current and prospective healthcare professionals who need to understand medical terms, from common to complex. This book clearly explains how to quickly identify, pronounce, define, and apply medical terms in a healthcare setting. You'll also find ideas for creating mind maps and games to help you study and retain the language of medicine. Pair those study tools with an understanding of the history and origins of key prefixes, suffixes, and roots, and you'll be confident in no time. This updated guide covers the 2022 updates to ICD-10 codes, and it includes added terminology related to public health and infectious diseases. Whatever healthcare field you're in, this book will serve as your glossary of terms and a gateway to future learning opportunities.
Understand prefixes, roots, and suffixes, so you can confidently work out the meanings of complex terms
Practice defining medical terms and get help memorizing key vocabulary elements
Enhance your professional expertise in any healthcare setting
Improve the safety and accuracy of medical communications
All medical and healthcare related careers require some knowledge of medical terminology. Start off on the right foot-or brush up what you already know-with Medical Terminology For Dummies.
Medical Terminology For Dummies is a resource for current and prospective healthcare professionals who need to understand medical terms, from common to complex. This book clearly explains how to quickly identify, pronounce, define, and apply medical terms in a healthcare setting. You'll also find ideas for creating mind maps and games to help you study and retain the language of medicine. Pair those study tools with an understanding of the history and origins of key prefixes, suffixes, and roots, and you'll be confident in no time. This updated guide covers the 2022 updates to ICD-10 codes, and it includes added terminology related to public health and infectious diseases. Whatever healthcare field you're in, this book will serve as your glossary of terms and a gateway to future learning opportunities.
Understand prefixes, roots, and suffixes, so you can confidently work out the meanings of complex terms
Practice defining medical terms and get help memorizing key vocabulary elements
Enhance your professional expertise in any healthcare setting
Improve the safety and accuracy of medical communications
All medical and healthcare related careers require some knowledge of medical terminology. Start off on the right foot-or brush up what you already know-with Medical Terminology For Dummies.
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Edition
4th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
766 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-394-34809-1 (9781394348091)
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Beverley Henderson | Jennifer L. Dorsey
Medical Terminology For Dummies
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06/2025
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Beverley Henderson | Jennifer L. Dorsey
Medical Terminology For Dummies
E-Book
06/2025
4th Edition
Wiley
€16.99
Available for download
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Beverley Henderson | Jennifer L. Dorsey
Medical Terminology for Dummies
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Beverley Henderson, CMT-R, HRT has more than 40 years' experience in medical terminology and tran-scription. She's helped develop course curricula and has written and produced medical terminology teaching videos.
Jennifer L. Dorsey, PhD is a writer and editor with more than 25 years' experience.
Jennifer L. Dorsey, PhD is a writer and editor with more than 25 years' experience.
Content
Introduction 1
Part 1: Living for Linguistics 5
Chapter 1: Scrubbing In to Master Medical Terminology 7
Chapter 2: Medical Terminology: The How and Why 13
Chapter 3: Introducing the Big Three: Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes 21
Chapter 4: Acronyms, Antonyms, Eponyms, Homonyms, Multiples, and Plurals - Oh My! 35
Chapter 5: Say What? Pronunciation and Usage 53
Part 2: Mapping Words and Bodies 65
Chapter 6: As It Was in the Beginning: Prefixes. 67
Chapter 7: So It Shall Be in the End: Suffixes 81
Chapter 8: Hey, I Know You: Word Recognition 89
Chapter 9: Deconstruction Junction: Breaking Down Words 97
Chapter 10: An Org Chart to Live By: Organization of the Body 107
Chapter 11: All Systems Go: When Systems Combine 121
Chapter 12: Lockdown Life: The Terminology of Global Health Crises 131
Part 3: In Terms of Anatomy 139
Chapter 13: Boning Up on the Skeletal System 141
Chapter 14: Getting Ripped: The Muscular System 161
Chapter 15: Skin Deep: Skin, Glands, Nails, and Hair 177
Chapter 16: It Depends on Your Perception: The Sensory Systems 195
Part 4: Let's Get Some Physiology Terminology 215
Chapter 17: The Heart of the Matter: The Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems 217
Chapter 18: Just Breathe: The Respiratory System 243
Chapter 19: Feeding Time: The Gastrointestinal System 261
Chapter 20: Gatekeepers of Health: The Endocrine System 281
Chapter 21: Calming Down: The Nervous System 299
Part 5: Name That Plumbing 315
Chapter 22: When You Gotta Go: The Urinary System 317
Chapter 23: Check the Plumbing: The Male Reproductive System 333
Chapter 24: A Life Force: The Female Reproductive System 347
Part 6: The Part of Tens 371
Chapter 25: Ten Essential Medical Terminology References 373
Chapter 26: Ten or So Useful Mnemonic Devices 377
Index 381
Part 1: Living for Linguistics 5
Chapter 1: Scrubbing In to Master Medical Terminology 7
Chapter 2: Medical Terminology: The How and Why 13
Chapter 3: Introducing the Big Three: Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes 21
Chapter 4: Acronyms, Antonyms, Eponyms, Homonyms, Multiples, and Plurals - Oh My! 35
Chapter 5: Say What? Pronunciation and Usage 53
Part 2: Mapping Words and Bodies 65
Chapter 6: As It Was in the Beginning: Prefixes. 67
Chapter 7: So It Shall Be in the End: Suffixes 81
Chapter 8: Hey, I Know You: Word Recognition 89
Chapter 9: Deconstruction Junction: Breaking Down Words 97
Chapter 10: An Org Chart to Live By: Organization of the Body 107
Chapter 11: All Systems Go: When Systems Combine 121
Chapter 12: Lockdown Life: The Terminology of Global Health Crises 131
Part 3: In Terms of Anatomy 139
Chapter 13: Boning Up on the Skeletal System 141
Chapter 14: Getting Ripped: The Muscular System 161
Chapter 15: Skin Deep: Skin, Glands, Nails, and Hair 177
Chapter 16: It Depends on Your Perception: The Sensory Systems 195
Part 4: Let's Get Some Physiology Terminology 215
Chapter 17: The Heart of the Matter: The Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems 217
Chapter 18: Just Breathe: The Respiratory System 243
Chapter 19: Feeding Time: The Gastrointestinal System 261
Chapter 20: Gatekeepers of Health: The Endocrine System 281
Chapter 21: Calming Down: The Nervous System 299
Part 5: Name That Plumbing 315
Chapter 22: When You Gotta Go: The Urinary System 317
Chapter 23: Check the Plumbing: The Male Reproductive System 333
Chapter 24: A Life Force: The Female Reproductive System 347
Part 6: The Part of Tens 371
Chapter 25: Ten Essential Medical Terminology References 373
Chapter 26: Ten or So Useful Mnemonic Devices 377
Index 381