The basic language of biology and medicine seems strange, and it
should--it is essentially a foreign language, filled with words of
Latin and Greek origin, diseases that are identified named after
the physician who discovered it rather than the cause or effect,
and is otherwise made up of abbreviations and other obscure
terminology and information that only a trained physician or
researcher would know. Yet many professionals are required to have
at least a rudimentary knowledge of biomedical terminology and
information, and frequently they are at a loss in understanding
even the simplest concepts and terms. For example, how would an
engineer know how the various systems of the body work together as
an organism? Would a nurse know the difference between the
acetabulum and acetylcholine? How can a lawyer or journalist become
familiar with common clinical abbreviations and terminology? How
can a patient understand his or her own medical record?
The Biomedical Desk Reference is intended to be a handy,
easy-to-reach for compilation of useful biomedical terminology. The
volume contains the following sections: Basic Anatomical vocabulary
and Physiologic Concepts; Basic Medical and Physiologic
Terminology; Common Clinical Abbreviations; Terms Commonly Used in
Health-Care Administration, Insurance, and Legal Settings;
Biomedical Eponyms; Medical Prefixes and Suffixes; Synopsis of
Major Diseases, Drugs, and Treatments; The Anatomy of the Medical
Record. Biomedical Desk Reference also contains a wealth of
appendices showing conversion charts, common vital signs,
laboratory values of physiologic importance, useful physical
constants, definitions, and formulae.
This comprehensive referencebook will be useful for biomedical
engineers, lawyers and legal secretaries, physician's assistants,
medical secretaries, nurses, biomedical technicians, laboratory
technicians, hospital administrators, ward clerks, aides, and other
medical laypersons.
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