Building A Medical Vocabulary

Build the medical vocabulary skills you need for success in health care with this engaging resource. With an active learning approach ideal for use in the classroom or for self-study, this comprehensive, yet approachable, text establishes basic terms and progressively introduces new root words, prefixes, and suffixes with a unique building-block format that encourages you to learn as you write and speak new terms. Concepts are presented in small, manageable segments accompanied by chapter exercises and review questions that help you understand medical terms and ensure effective communication in the health care field. A programmed approach to terminology introduces you to medical vocabulary through engaging activities and exercises and helps you immediately recognize and review difficult concepts. Thorough explanations illustrate how terms relate to each other in the context of medical settings and help you retain knowledge. A conversational writing style makes difficult concepts easier to grasp. Consistently organized chapters categorize and simplify terminology. A bookmark pronunciation guide provides quick reference to proper pronunciation. Caution boxes alert you to important distinctions between similar terms. Function First sections detail the physiology of each system and validate appropriate terms. A variety of exercises and learning methods throughout each chapter make it easier for you to memorize and retain medical language. Pharmacology content introduces you to key drug classes each body system. End-of-chapter reviews help you assess your progress and identify learning weaknesses. A comprehensive review chapter prepares you for your final examination. A combined glossary/index makes it easy to find detailed information on a given term or topic. A companion CD helps you reinforce and review what you've learned through sound files, interactive games, and more. Evolve Resources make studying fun and effective with helpful tips, electronic flashcards, and learning games. An updated design enhances navigation and provides more room for writing answers. New medical reports present terms within the context of actual case histories and illustrate their proper use in the clinical environment. Word-building and word-analysis exercises help you learn to decipher unfamiliar terms when encountered in practice. Key Points boxes highlight essential concepts for more efficient learning. New line drawings and photographs support terminology presentations and strengthen your understanding. An emphasis on the medical process helps you understand terminology in relation to your responsibilities in patient presentation, diagnostics, and care. A Spanish usage guide equips you for interaction with Spanish-speaking patients in the health care setting. A Genetics appendix familiarizes you with common terms and recent developments in genetics and the Human Genome Project.

The language of medicine may be complex, but learning it doesn't have to be. Using short, easy-to-understand segments followed immediately by programmed exercises, Building a Medical Vocabulary: With Spanish Translations, 9th Edition starts with medical terms that you may already know and builds your knowledge by adding new combining forms, prefixes, and suffixes. An Evolve companion website reinforces your understanding with interactive games, animations, audio pronunciations, and more. Organizing medical terms by body system, this text provides the building blocks for effective communication in the health care environment. Easy-to-understand, conversational writing style makes reading and absorbing the material enjoyable. Programmed Learning sections allow you to actively participate in learning and get instant feedback on your progress. An Evolve companion website reinforces learning with audio pronunciations, interactive games, exercises, animations, flash cards, and more. Thorough explanation of terms enhances understanding by presenting vocabulary in the context of medical settings. Moderate level of A&P coverage provides the background that you need to understand body systems in the context of medical terminology. Health Care Reports and case studies allow you to apply your knowledge to job-like situations. Spanish translations cover common Spanish terminology that you are likely to encounter in the clinical environment. Be Careful with These caution boxes highlight important distinctions between terms that are similar in spelling and/or pronunciation. Comprehensive end-of-chapter reviews allow you to measure your learning against chapter objectives. The Joint Commission official Do Not Use list of error-prone abbreviations alert you to abbreviations that should not be used in the clinical setting. Bookmark pronunciation guide makes it easy to find pronunciations and may also be used to cover the answer column while working the programmed learning sections of the text. Glossary/Index makes it easy to find words and their definitions, and is great for final exam review. NEW Special Sense Organs chapter is dedicated to coverage of the eye, ear, and other special senses. NEW! List of key terms with pronunciations in each chapter provides a helpful review that coordinates with audio files on the Evolve companion website. NEW ICD and CPT information includes ICD and CPT terminology.

Quickly learn essential medical terminology! Both engaging and interactive, Building a Medical Vocabulary, 11th Edition introduces a step-by-step approach to effective communication in the healthcare environment. This text brilliantly intersperses traditional narrative and a variety of learning exercises with a programmed approach that gives you immediate feedback. Ideal for both the classroom setting or for self-study, it provides you with the building blocks to successfully communicate with other members of the healthcare team. Games, exercises, and additional resources on the companion Evolve website help reinforce learning. Spanish translations make this an invaluable resource in today’s multilingual healthcare settings. Programmed approach allows you to actively participate in learning and get instant feedback. Healthcare reports help you apply your recently gained knowledge to job-like situations, taking learning to the next step. Focused A&P coverage provides the appropriate amount of information needed to understand the body system in the context of medical terminology. Spanish translations prepare you to communicate effectively in today’s multilingual healthcare settings. NEW! Rapid Review feature highlights the most important terms and concepts to review before the chapter test. EXPANDED! More Tool Tips throughout the text help you navigate the pitfalls of learning medical terminology. UPDATED! New terms and illustrations keep this text one of the most current on the market.

This text provides the reader with an effective tool for learning medical terminology. It includes an introduction to A&P, pronunciations of each medical term following its introduction, mini-reviews after each section and comprehensive end-of-chapter reviews.

Fun, quick, and easy to study while on the go, Mosby's Medical Terminology Flash Cards, 3rd Edition provide a great tool for learning and reviewing medical terms. 600 full-color flash cards help you memorize the prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms used to build medical terms. Updated with the latest medical terms and illustrations, these flash cards include word-building examples and Spanish translations. And you can now study flash cards and take quizzes on your smartphone! Full-color illustrations help you remember terms and their word parts. Word-building examples show how word parts are used to create medical terms - including the most commonly diagnosed diseases and disorders, as well as treatments and procedures. Indexing by body system makes it easy to organize and study terms. Spanish translations of word parts and terminology are included. Alphabetical index and suggested learning activities in a companion booklet make it easy to find specific cards and study the cards in a variety of different ways. Durable, hole-punched design allows you to put sets of cards on a metal ring or cord for on-the-go study. NEW! Smaller 3" x 5" card format helps you memorize - anywhere and anytime - the prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms used to build medical terms. NEW! Mobile-optimized flash cards and quizzes allow you to study the flash cards and take quizzes using your smartphone.

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The sixth edition ofMedical Terminology A Word Building Approach is organized by body systems and specialty areas. Its primary approach, is the word-building technique . Combining forms and word roots are integrated into each chapter of the text, according to body system or specialty area. Suffixes and prefixes are presented in Chapters 2 and 3 and are then reinforced throughout the text. To build a medical vocabulary, all one has to do is recall the word parts that have been learned and then link them with the new component parts presented in each chapter. It is much easier to learn component parts directly associated with a body system or specialty area, and this is the key to the time-proven approach ofMedical Terminology A Word Building Approach.