Introduction to Medical Terminology
4th Edition
Published on 2. August 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-8385-4321-4 (ISBN)
Description
Beginning medical and allied health students.
This student-friendly book is a basic introduction to over 700 commonly used medical terms and word elements (prefixes, suffixes, and stems). This is an excellent resource for new medical, nursing, and allied health students in medical terminology to use in the classroom or as a programmed review. The fourth edition includes the addition of pronunciations to word lists, case studies, and forensic and surgical reports as additional exercises. New chapters "Diagnostic Terms and Tools" and "Pharmacology Terms & Oncology Terms" have been added and the chapter on medical financial terms has been thoroughly updated.
This student-friendly book is a basic introduction to over 700 commonly used medical terms and word elements (prefixes, suffixes, and stems). This is an excellent resource for new medical, nursing, and allied health students in medical terminology to use in the classroom or as a programmed review. The fourth edition includes the addition of pronunciations to word lists, case studies, and forensic and surgical reports as additional exercises. New chapters "Diagnostic Terms and Tools" and "Pharmacology Terms & Oncology Terms" have been added and the chapter on medical financial terms has been thoroughly updated.
More details
Edition
4th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Upper Saddle River
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 235 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
494 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8385-4321-4 (9780838543214)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Carol A. Lillis
Brady Intro Medical Terminology
Book
08/1989
3rd Edition
Appleton and Lange
€46.04
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Content
How to Use This Text.
Pre-test.
I. PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES.
1. Medical Prefixes.
2. Prefixes That Deal With Sizes and Numbers: Additional Combining Forms.
3. Diagnostic and Symptomatic Suffixes.
4. Surgical Suffixes.
II. STEMS (ROOT WORDS).
5. Diagnostic Terms and Tools.
6. Introduction to the Body.
7. Circulatory System.
8. Digestive System.
9. Genito-Urinary System(Includes Male/Female Reproduction and Endocrine System).
10. Muscular and Skeletal Systems.
11. The Nervous System.
12. The Respiratory System.
13. The Sense Organs.
III. ENLARGING YOUR MEDICAL VOCABULARY.
14. Pharmacology Terms.
15. Oncology Terms.
16. Abbreviations.
17. Medical Financial Terms.
Additional Exercises.
Post-Test.
Appendix.
Glossary.
Index.
Pre-test.
I. PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES.
1. Medical Prefixes.
2. Prefixes That Deal With Sizes and Numbers: Additional Combining Forms.
3. Diagnostic and Symptomatic Suffixes.
4. Surgical Suffixes.
II. STEMS (ROOT WORDS).
5. Diagnostic Terms and Tools.
6. Introduction to the Body.
7. Circulatory System.
8. Digestive System.
9. Genito-Urinary System(Includes Male/Female Reproduction and Endocrine System).
10. Muscular and Skeletal Systems.
11. The Nervous System.
12. The Respiratory System.
13. The Sense Organs.
III. ENLARGING YOUR MEDICAL VOCABULARY.
14. Pharmacology Terms.
15. Oncology Terms.
16. Abbreviations.
17. Medical Financial Terms.
Additional Exercises.
Post-Test.
Appendix.
Glossary.
Index.