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Medical Terminology For Dummies (For Dummies (Health & Fitness)) |  | Authors: Beverley Henderson, Jennifer Lee Dorsey
Publisher: For Dummies
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Sales Rank: 45847
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 384
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 0470279656
Dewey Decimal Number: 610.14
EAN: 9780470279656
ASIN: 0470279656
Publication Date: December 3, 2008
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Product Description
Confused by medical terms? Don’t know a carcinoma from a hematoma? Medical Terminology For Dummies gets you up to speed quickly on medical terminology fundamentals and helps you master medical definitions, pronunciations, and applications across all health care fields. Once you understand medical prefixes, suffixes, and root words, you’ll approach even unfamiliar medical terms with confidence. This plain-English guide to language that can be just plain confusing clears up the meanings of the Greek and Latin sources of medical terms. You’ll get a handle on how these mouthfuls are constructed, and discover how to decipher any medical term, no matter how complex or unusual. You’ll also get plenty of help in pronouncing and remembering medical words, and you’ll find out how and why the terminology changes from hospital to laboratory to pharmacy. You’ll discover how to: - Understand word foundations and origins
- Grasp the essential meanings of unfamiliar terms
- Define common prefixes and suffixes
- Identify and pronounce medical terms
- Deconstruct words to grasp definitions
- Use plurals and multiples with ease
- Describe medical conditions accurately
- Bone up on terms that describe the anatomy
- Use mnemonic devices to remember medical terms
- Know when words refer to diseases, injuries, treatments, and more
- Use medical terminology in the real world
Complete with a list of essential references on medical terminology as well as helpful word-building activities Medical Terminology For Dummies puts you in the know in no time.
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Review on Med. Term. book September 14, 2009
Bruce Kelley
Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks..... I placed two orders, this book and A&P for dummies, received both, but got a book on Microbiology sent separately for no reason.... Just wondering who and why it was sent.....
Great Desk Reference and Study Guide May 29, 2009
Nurse Liz
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
As a nursing student, I have to put a ton of time into memorizing anatomical terms and the names of different medical conditions. Medical Terminology For Dummies really helped me through some of my courses as a desk reference because it has really quick and easy-to-remember definitions, a plus when you're having to study for an exam and your textbooks are thousands of pages long. I would definitely recommend this book to medical and nursing students, and others in the medical community that need a handy and easy-to-use desk reference.
A terminology course life saver! May 28, 2009
Cali (Manchester, ME)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book was integral to my success in completing my terminology course. The sections on breaking down words and learning how to organize the body in a logical and smart way were a major help in my preparation. I will definitely look to for dummies in the future when I need a good reference!
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