Build the foundation you need to confidently communicate with your
healthcare team! Basic Medical Language, 7th Edition makes it easy
to master the medical terminology needed for success in the health
professions. This concise text helps you learn and recognize
hundreds of medical terms by introducing the suffixes, prefixes,
and combining forms used in building words. Brief, illustrated
lessons present terms by body system, and include exercises that
ask you to build, define, and read commonly used medical terms.
From an expert writing team led by Danielle LaFleur Brooks, this
book includes realistic case studies and an Evolve website that
simplifies learning with animations, activities, games, quizzes,
and more. Emphasis on frequently used medical terms includes words
and abbreviations used in clinical settings, billing, and coding.
Systemic presentation of medical terms helps you learn and
recognize new words by body system, and are followed by practical
application. Engaging exercises include matching, building, and
reading medical terms in context, helping you learn medical terms
built from word parts as well as those NOT built from word parts.
Case studies allow you to apply medical terms within the context of
a patient's medical condition. Word part tables summarize combining
forms, suffixes, and prefixes to help you learn medical terms. More
than 200 flash cards packaged free with the text make it easier to
memorize terms and abbreviations. Objectives integrated with
headings show lesson objectives and correlate to exercises,
quizzes, and exams. Electronic health record mockups familiarize
you with the EHRs you will encounter in practice. Learning
resources on the Evolve website include games, activities, quizzes,
videos, and an audio program ? all tied closely to material in the
text. NEW! Introduction to Diagnostic Imaging discusses radiology
and features medical terms used in clinical practice. NEW!
Laboratory Medical Terms provide insight into laboratory tests,
collection techniques, and sections of clinical laboratories. NEW!
Expanded quizzes with additional practical application questions
conclude each lesson.
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