Medical Terminology: Mastering the Basics 3rd Edition

Medical Terminology is a foundational course taken by almost all health care students. Understanding medical language is critical for students to successfully enter their professions, but many students struggle with learning the terminology. They find the number of terms to learn overwhelming, along with the anatomy, physiology, diseases and medical procedures they describe. Medical Terminology: Mastering the Basics is a concise, easy-to-use introduction to how medical terms are constructed, focusing on the language and the language skills students need to master terminology. This approach helps students learn and retain the material more effectively and lays a groundwork that allows them to successfully finish their program.