Medical terminology for dummies
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Beverley Henderson; Jennifer Dorsey
- ناشر : Hoboken, NJ : Wiley
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2009
- شابک / ISBN : 9780470279656
Description
Introduction. Part I: Living for Linguistics. Chapter 1: Scrubbing In to Master Medical Terminology. Chapter 2: Medical Terminology: The How and Why. Chapter 3: Introducing the Big Three: Prefi xes, Roots, and Suffixes. Chapter 4: Acronyms, Eponyms, Homonyms, Multiples, and Plurals - Oh My! Chapter 5: Say What? Pronunciation and Usage. Part II: Mapping Words and Bodies. Chapter 6: It Was in the Beginning: Prefixes. Chapter 7: So It Shall Be in the End: Suffixes. Chapter 8: Hey, I Know You: Word Recognition. Chapter 9: Deconstruction Junction: Breaking Down Words. Chapter 10: An Org Chart to Live By: Organization of the Body. Chapter 11: All Systems Go: When Systems Combine. Part III: In Terms of Anatomy. Chapter 12: Boning Up on the Skeletal System. Chapter 13: Getting Ripped: The Muscular System. Chapter 14: Skin Deep: Skin, Glands, Nails, and Hair. Chapter 15: It Depends on Your Perception: The Sensory Systems. Part IV: Let's Get Some Physiology Terminology. Chapter 16: The Heart of the Matter: The Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems. Chapter 17: Just Breathe: The Respiratory System. Chapter 18: Feeding Time: The Gastrointestinal System. Chapter 19: Gatekeepers of Health: The Endocrine System. Chapter 20: Calming Down: The Nervous System. Part V: Name That Plumbing. Chapter 21: When You Gotta Go: The Urinary System. Chapter 22: Checking the Plumbing: The Male Reproductive System. Chapter 23: A Life Force: The Female Reproductive System. Part VI: The Par t of Tens. Chapter 24: Ten Essential Medical Terminology References. Chapter 25: Ten or So Useful Mnemonic Devices. Chapter 26: Ten Fun Word-Building Activities. Appendix: Prefixes and Suffixes. Index
"Uniform medical terminology is a critical part of the language used in all health care fields. From the language used by doctors and veterinarians to transcriptionists, drug and equipment sales reps, and even attorneys and insurance caseworkers, every medical term has a standard pronunciation, definition, and spelling. Medical Terminology For Dummies gets students and interested readers up to speed on medical terminology fundamentals, helping them master definitions, pronunciations, and the application of terms across all medical fields. Once people understand medical prefixes, suffixes, and root words, they can use this knowledge to approach even unfamiliar medical terms with confidence."--From the publisher.
