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PublisherWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John

ISBN-100471233595

ISBN-139780471233596

eBay Product ID (ePID)2269688

Product Key Features

Number of Pages320 Pages

Publication NameQuick Medical Terminology : a Self-Teaching Guide

LanguageEnglish

SubjectDictionaries & Terminology

Publication Year2002

FeaturesRevised

TypeTextbook

AuthorShirley Soltesz Steiner

Subject AreaMedical

SeriesWiley Self-Teaching Guides

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight19.8 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width7.5 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number4

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2002-728247

Dewey Edition23

Series Volume Number176

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal610.1/4

Table Of ContentTo the Reader. Objectives of the Program. Pronunciation Key. The Word-Building Strategy. List of Illustrations. 1 Basic Word Roots and Common Suffixes. 2 More Word Roots, Suffixes, and Prefixes. 3 Basic Anatomical Terms and Abnormal Conditions. 4 The Genitals and Urinary Tract. 5 The Gastrointestinal Tract. 6 The Heart. 7 Symptoms, Diagnoses, Treatments, Communication, Qualifiers, and Statistics. 8 Growth and Development, and Body Orientation. 9 Gynecology, Pregnancy, and Childbirth. 10 The Eye and the Respiratory Tract. Review Sheets. Final Self-Test I. Final Self-Test II. Appendix A: Medical Abbreviations. Appendix B: Forming Plurals. Index of Words and Word Parts.

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

SynopsisExpand your working medical vocabulary Work at your own pace to master the latest terms and techniques Learn all the essential Greek and Latin building blocks Learn at your own pace with the guidebook that has sold over 400,000 copies What word is used to describe a fatty tumor? Why are qualifiers necessary in medical terminology? How does kinesialgia occur? What does "involution" mean? With Quick Medical Terminology: A Self-Teaching Guide , Fourth Edition, you'll discover the answers to these questions and many more. Using a unique word-building system that begins with a review of Greek and Latin word roots, Shirley Steiner provides the tools necessary for building and sustaining a large working repertoire of medical terms. This new fourth edition helps readers understand the simple logic behind hundreds of seemingly incomprehensible words, featuring new review exercises and up-to-date examples. The step-by-step, clearly structured format of Quick Medical Terminology makes it fully accessible, providing an easily understood, comprehensive overview. Like all Self-Teaching Guides, Quick Medical Terminology allows you to build gradually on what you have learned-at your own pace. Questions and self-tests reinforce the information in each chapter and allow you to skip ahead or focus on specific areas of concern. Packed with useful, up-to-date information, this clear, concise volume is a valuable learning tool and reference source for practitioners and students who need to expand, improve, or refresh their medical vocabularies., The timeless, easy-to-use resource, now revised and expanded Over the course of thirty years and 350,000 copies, Quick Medical Terminology has become the reference of choice for health practitioners who need to expand, improve, or refresh their medical vocabularies., Expand your working medical vocabularyWork at your own pace to master the latest terms and techniquesLearn all the essential Greek and Latin building blocksLearn at your own pace with the guidebook that has sold over 400,000 copiesWhat word is used to describe a fatty tumor? Why are qualifiers necessary in medical terminology? How does kinesialgia occur? What does "involution" mean? With Quick Medical Terminology: A SelfTeaching Guide, Fourth Edition, you’ll discover the answers to these questions and many more.Using a unique wordbuilding system that begins with a review of Greek and Latin word roots, Shirley Steiner provides the tools necessary for building and sustaining a large working repertoire of medical terms. This new fourth edition helps readers understand the simple logic behind hundreds of seemingly incomprehensible words, featuring new review exercises and uptodate examples. The stepbystep, clearly structured format of Quick Medical Terminology makes it fully accessible, providing an easily understood, comprehensive overview.Like all SelfTeaching Guides, Quick Medical Terminology allows you to build gradually on what you have learned–at your own pace. Questions and selftests reinforce the information in each chapter and allow you to skip ahead or focus on specific areas of concern. Packed with useful, uptodate information, this clear, concise volume is a valuable learning tool and reference source for practitioners and students who need to expand, improve, or refresh their medical vocabularies.

LC Classification NumberR123.S62 2003