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Covers disorders, diagnosis, and treatment with a strong focus on anatomy.

Open access textbook/course. In each Unit, you will be given a table of root words, a table of prefixes, and a table of suffixes. Then you will be given a word list that combines those root words, prefixes, and suffixes into new Medical English words.

Open educational resource that focuses on breaking down medical terms into their word parts, pronouncing medical terms, and learning the meaning of medical terms. This resource is targeted for health services students in the first year of their college programs.

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Open educational resource that focuses on breaking down medical terms into their word parts, pronouncing medical terms, and learning the meaning of medical terms within the context of introductory anatomy and physiology. This resource is targeted for health office administration and health services students in the first year of their college programs.

This printable workbook accompanies and aligns with content from Building a Medical Terminology Foundation, 2e. The workbook contains an array of interactive activities, downloadable documents, and printable material designed to reinforce learning concepts. Consistency and practice are the keys to mastering medical terminology. Whether you are in health office administration, nursing, or any health-related field, this workbook provides a breakdown of learning in manageable portions.

Open Educational Resource (OER) that focuses on breaking down, pronouncing, and learning the meaning of medical terms within the context of anatomy and physiology.

Opens with a general introduction to word parts and the human body as a whole, followed by an overview of diseases and treatments. Each subsequent chapter on the individual body systems begins with an illustrated overview of the system with definitions of key terms relevant to that system.

Contains over 5,000 definitions and descriptions of medical terms and concepts with over 1,000 diagrams, drawings and color illustrations. Provides helpful appendices on common medical tests and procedures, travel and health, measurements in medicine, health economics, complementary and alternative medicine, and an address list of support professional organizations.

More than 56,000 entries offer detailed definitions, as well as the latest information on pathophysiology, treatment and interventions, and nursing care.

An encyclopedic medical dictionary that contains more than 75,000 entries

Designed to help students with no healthcare background achieve deep competence in medical terminology.

Organized by medical specialty so students understand how what they are learning is applied in the real world of healthcare.