Medical terminology for dummies®

Henderson, Beverley (author.). Dorsey, Jennifer, (author.).

Summary: Henderson and Dorsey show you the easiest way to remember unfamiliar, tongue-twisting words in the medical field. They break down the words you'll encounter in your medical terminology course, and help you master definitions, pronunciations, and applications across all medical fields. --

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ISBN: 9781118944059
ISBN: 9781118944066
ISBN: 1118944046
ISBN: 9781118944042
Physical Description: xiv, 366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Edition: 2nd edition.
Publisher: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, [2015]
Copyright: ©2015

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Living for linguistics. Scrubbing in to master medical terminology ; Medical terminology : the how and why ; Introducing the big three : prefixes, roots, and suffixes ; Acronyms, eponyms, homonyms, multiples, and plurals, oh my! ; Say what? : pronunciation and usage -- Mapping words and bodies. As it was in the beginning : prefixes ; So it shall be in the end : suffixes ; Hey, I know you : word recognition ; Deconstruction junction : breaking down words ; An org chart to live by : organization of the body ; All systems go: when systems combine -- In terms of anatomy. Boning up on the skeletal system ; Getting ripped : the muscular system ; Skin deep : skin, glands, nails, and hair ; It depends on your perception : the sensory systems -- Let's get some physiology terminology. The heart of the matter : the cardiovascular and lymphatic systems ; Just breathe : the respiratory system ; Feeding time : the gastrointestinal system ; Gatekeepers of health : the endocrine system ; Calming down : the nervous system -- Name that plumbing. When you gotta go : the urinary system ; Check the plumbing : the male reproductive system ; A life force: the female reproductive system -- The part of tens. Ten essential medical terminology references ; Ten or so useful mnemonic devices ; Ten sets of terminology tongue-twisting diseases -- Appendix. Prefixes and suffixes.