Medical terminology for dummies - Beverley Henderson

The fun and easy way to understand, pronounce, and applymedical terminology

Dont know a carcinoma from a hematoma? This friendlyguide getsyou up to speed quickly on medical terminology fundamentals,helping you master definitions, pronunciations, and applicationsacross all medical fields. Once you understand medical prefixes,suffixes, and root words, youll approach even unfamiliar medicalterms with confidence.

• Recognize common root words
  identify words that apply tobody regions, organs, anatomy, and pathology

• Pronounce and use terms with ease
  grasp the phonics ofmedical terms and understand the context of words, from hospital topharmacy to test lab

• Break words down
  understand unfamiliar words by definingtheir elements and recombining them; and get familiar with prefixesand suffixes, plurals and multiples

• Get a handle on anatomy and systems
  bone up on termsthat describe and are related to the bodys systems, from skeletaland muscular to gastrointestinal and endocrine

• Learn the lingo
  familiarize yourself with common termsused in the ER, OR, pharmacy, and lab

• Get to the source
  understand Greek and Latin sources ofmedical 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 wordbuilding activities