| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 364 pages) : illustrations |
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--For dummies |
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--For dummies.
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| Contents |
Front Matter -- Introduction -- Living for Linguistics. Scrubbing in to Master Medical Terminology -- Medical Terminology: The How and Why -- Introducing the Big Three: Prefixes, Roots, and Suffxes -- Acronyms, Eponyms, Homonyms, Multiples, and Plurals -- Oh My! -- Say What? Pronunciation and Usage -- Mapping Words and Bodies. As it was in the Beginning: Preffixes -- 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. -- Checking 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 Fun Word-Building Activities -- Appendix: Prefixes and Suffixes |
| Summary |
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, an |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Medicine -- Terminology.
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Terminology as Topic
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MEDICAL.
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Medicine
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| Genre/Form |
Terminology
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Terminology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dorsey, Jennifer.
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| ISBN |
9780470453308 |
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0470453303 |
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9780470453322 |
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047045332X |
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9780470453315 |
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0470453311 |
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9781118269251 |
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111826925X |
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0470279656 |
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9780470279656 |
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1282012231 |
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9781282012233 |
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9786612012235 |
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6612012234 |
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