This best-selling introduction to medical terminology text is flexible enough to be used in a traditional or a self-instructional course format. Suited for students of all levels in the allied health professions, this text provides the appropriate amount of detail needed to learn the basics of medical terminology. This Third Edition also includes a new chapter on Cancer Medicine and a user-friendly CD-ROM that includes interactive flashcards, crossword puzzles, and additional exercises.

Essential Medical Terminology, Fourth Edition is updated with a new full-color design as well as new and revised terms and definitions. The Fourth Edition includes more than 200 full-color photos, illustrations, and tables to enhance key points and aid comprehension This best-selling introduction to medical terminology is based on the body-systems method and is flexible enough to be used in traditional or self-instructional course formats. Suited for students of all levels in the health professions, this accessible text provides the appropriate amount of detail needed to learn the basics of medical terminology. After learning the fundamentals of pronunciation, students can study the chapters in any order the instructor deems appropriate..

This best-selling introduction to medical terminology is based on the body-systems method and is flexible enough to be used in traditional or self-instructional course formats. Suited for students of all levels in the health professions, the accessible Essentials of Medical Terminology, FIfth Edition provides the appropriate amount of detail needed to learn the basics of medical terminology. After learning the fundamentals of pronunciation, students can study the chapters in any order the instructor deems appropriate.

Master medical terminology with every turn of the page! Essentials of Medical Language, 2e, presents new medical terminology to students in manageable quantities via short lessons and a 2-page spread format. This edition offers a completely redesigned learning experience through larger, more focused art and revised table of contents. Students will feel a new sense of engagement and motivation through Case Reports and a wide variety of exercises throughout the chapters. As a final improvement to this textbook, professors will discover a total revamp from top to bottom, providing them with text that is shorter and stronger, larger imaging, better chapter sequence, updated learning objectives, and more questions and exercises for students to practice.

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, and discover how to decipher any medical term, no matter how complex or unusual. You’ll also get plenty of help in pronouncing and remembering medical words, and you’ll find out how and why the terminology changes from hospital to laboratory to pharmacy. You’ll discover how to: Understand word foundations and origins Grasp the essential meanings of unfamiliar terms Define common prefixes and suffixes Identify and pronounce medical terms Deconstruct words to grasp definitions Use plurals and multiples with ease Describe medical conditions accurately Bone up on terms that describe the anatomy Use mnemonic devices to remember medical terms Know when words refer to diseases, injuries, treatments, and more Use medical terminology in the real world Complete with a list of essential references on medical terminology as well as helpful word-building activities Medical Terminology For Dummies puts you in the know in no time.

NEW! Pharmacology in each body system and a Pharmacology Basics appendix help you recognize drugs and medications in medical reports. NEW! More than 50 new images bring terminology to life. NEW! Additional procedural terms supply a more complete picture of the number and kind of procedures you will encounter on medical reports. NEW! Normal Lab Values appendix familiarizes you with normal and abnormal lab values so you know when to search a medical record for possible additional diagnoses. NEW! Tablet and mobile-optimized Evolve activities offer an easily accessible source for extra interactive practice and learning.

Organized to follow the textbook on a chapter-by-chapter basis, providing questions to help the student review the material presented in the chapter. This supplement is a consumable resource, designed with perforated pages so that a given chapter can be removed and turned in for grading or checking.

Now in its 2nd edition, Medical Terminology Express adapts Barbara Gylys’s proven word-building techniques for the short-course. Organized by body system, this text shows the connection between anatomical structures and associated medial word roots.

This book tells the intriguing and often colorful stories of the medical words we use. The origins of clinical and scientific terms can be found in Greek and Latin myths, in places such as jungles of Uganda and the islands of the Aegean Sea, in the names of medicine’s giants such as Hippocrates and Osler, and in some truly unlikely sources. In this book you will learn the answers to questions such as: • What disease was named for an American space flight? • Do you know the echoic word for elephantine rumbling of the bowels? • What drug name was determined by drawing chemists’ notes out of a hat? • What are surfer’s eye, clam digger’s itch, and hide porter’s disease? This book can give you new insights into the terms we use every day in the clinic, hospital, and laboratory. Knowing a word’s history assists in understanding not only what it means, but also some of the connotative subtleties of terms used in diagnosis and treatment. The Amazing Language of Medicine is intended for the enrichment of physicians, other health professionals, students, and anyone involved in clinical care and medical science.

A robust, affordable package including the Textbook, Essential Medical Terminology, Third Edition and Navigate Course Manager: Essential Medical Terminology -- all designed to enhance student understanding of medical terminology and provide a full suite of course management features for instructors. Navigate Course Manager: Essential Medical Terminology is pre-loaded with practice activities, quizzes and assignments. Based on the body systems method, this program is can be used in an on-ground, online, or hybrid course, or assigned to students as a pre-requiste or for self-study. Topics covered include body systems, organs, human disease, medical terms, word parts, abbreviations, the health professions, special coverage of Cancer Medicine, and more.This web-based program includes a full suite of course management features that make tracking and assessing student performance easier than ever. The lessons are based on chapters of the text, Essential Medical Terminology, Third Edition and provide an excellent resource to aid student comprehension and retention. Navigate Course Manager: Essential Medical Terminology is hosted and supported by Jones & Bartlett Learning, including customer training and technical support, and can be easily customized to meet your program's needs. COURSE USE On-ground class Online course Hybrid course Pre-requisite assignment Student self-study ONLINE STUDENT RESOURCES Practice Activities including: interactive flashcards, crossword puzzles, matching and labeling exercises Practice Quizzes Graded Quizzes Links to additional resources COURSE FEATURES Chapter Content Presentations Interactive Practice Activities: Matching, Labeling, Drag-and-Drop, and Multiple Choice Questions Chapter Quizzes Additional Resources Audio Pronunciation Interactive Glossary COURSE MANAGEMENT TOOLS FOR INSTRUCTORS Online Grade Book Automatic Grading Advanced Reporting Surveys, Discussion Forums, and Chat Sessions Calendar Announcements Automated Grading Feature Ability to Upload Custom Content and Assignments Easy-to-Use Editing and Customization Tools TEXTBOOK FEATURES Learning Objectives for each chapter 100 Interactive Flash Cards for student use Coverage of over 1,400 medical terms, updated to include recent developments in health care Full-color atlas of human anatomy details body systems, special senses and skin and is a useful anatomical reference for all medical terms in the text Instructor Resources: Instructor Manual, PowerPoint Presentations, Test Bank