Medical Terminology

Medical Terminology: How to Read Any Medical Word, Explained Simply

Medical words look like a foreign language, until you learn they're built from parts, like building blocks. Almost every one is a prefix, a root and a suffix.

This book teaches you the parts, and a step-by-step way to take any long word apart.

💡 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

✔️ The 3 kinds of word parts behind almost every medical term

✔️ The prefixes that give number, position, size, color and "not"

✔️ The suffixes that tell you whether a word is a condition, a procedure or a specialty

✔️ Common roots for each body system, from the heart and lungs to the skin and bones

✔️ Direction and position words, such as anterior, distal and supine

✔️ Common abbreviations and the official Do Not Use list

✔️ A step-by-step method for decoding long, scary words

📖 WHAT'S INSIDE

✔️ 39 pages

✔️ Illustrations and word-part diagrams that show how each word is built

✔️ 12 worked examples

✔️ 14 practice questions with answers

✔️ Tables of word parts you can study from

✔️ A "Try This Now" study page, a glossary and a one-page summary

🎓 Built for pre-nursing students, A&P classes, TEAS and HESI A2 study, and CNA and MA programs.

📥 One PDF file, delivered instantly. Read it on any device or print it.

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Educational information only, not medical advice. No doses are given. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist about your own health.