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cover image - Building a Medical Vocabulary - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card),8th Edition
ISBN: 9781455742271
Copyright: 2012
Publication Date: 10-24-2011
Page Count: 720
Imprint: Saunders
List Price: $70.99

Building a Medical Vocabulary - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 8th Edition

by Peggy C. Leonard, MT, MEd

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource - Access Card

cover image - Building a Medical Vocabulary - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card),8th Edition
ISBN: 9781455742271
Copyright: 2012
Publication Date: 10-24-2011
Page Count: 720
Imprint: Saunders
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The language of medicine is complex, but learning it doesn’t have to be. Using a conversational writing style and a logical, programmed approach, Building a Medical Vocabulary with Spanish Translations, 8th Edition starts with common words you hear everyday and adds new root words, prefixes, and suffixes to introduce you to key medical terminology. Additionally, this valuable text comes with a wealth of engaging review tools – such as interactive games, sound files, and Programmed Learning sections – to enhance your understanding of textbook terms and principles, polish your pronunciation skills, and help you get comfortable communicating in the language of health care.

    • 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.
    • NEW! Word-building and word analysis exercises reinforce word parts and meanings.
    • Upgraded art program offers more pathologic and diagnostic photos as well as more explanatory diagrams of physiology.
    • Mini-glossaries in the body systems chapters add "rapid-fire" recall and help break up programmed learning blocks.
    • Beyond the Blueprint provides additional information about terms, including their extended meanings beyond what can be determined by word part analysis.
    • Career Profiles cover job realities and insights from practicing professionals to expose you to a variety of different medical careers.
    • Understanding Relationships of Terms sections group terms by medical application in an end-of-chapter list to reinforce your understanding of terminology.
  • Introductory Chapters

    1. Tools for Building Medical Terms

    2. Building on Familiar Terms

    3. Diagnostic, Therapeutic and Surgical Terms 

    4. Diseases and Disorders

    5. Prefixes

    6. Organization of the Body

    7. Body Fluids and Immunity

    Body Systems Chapters

    8. Circulatory System

    9. Respiratory System

    10. Digestive System

    11. Urinary System

    12. Reproductive System

    13. Reproduction and Sexually Transmitted Diseases

    14. Musculoskeletal System

    15. Nervous System and Psychological Disorders

    16. Integumentary System

    17. Endocrine System

    18. Review by Chapter

    Appendices

    I. Medical Abbreviations II. Enhancing Spanish Communications III. Word Parts IV. Solutions to Review Questions Glossary/Index

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