Medical Terminology: A Short Course

by Davi-Ellen Chabner

Quickly master the basics of medical terminology and begin speaking and writing terms almost immediately! Using Davi-Ellen Chabner's proven learning method, Medical A Short Course, 7th Edition omits time-consuming, nonessential information and helps you build a working medical vocabulary of the most frequently encountered prefixes, suffixes, and word roots. Medical terms are introduced in the context of human anatomy and physiology to help you understand exactly what they mean, and case studies, vignettes, and activities demonstrate how they're used in practice. With all this plus medical animations, word games, and flash cards on the Evolve companion website, you'll be amazed at how easily medical terminology becomes part of your vocabulary.

Self-teaching text/workbook approach reinforces learning every step of the way with labeling diagrams, pronunciation tests, and review sheets throughout the book. Clear, non-technical explanations demystify medical terminology even if you've had little or no background in science or biology. Picture Show activities, practical case studies, and vignettes demonstrate real-life applications of medical terms in describing describe pathology and procedures. Full-color images illustrate anatomical and pathological terms. Principal Diagnosis feature shows how medical terms are used in clinical practice by asking you to read physician notes about a case and determine the patient’s principal diagnosis. First Person narratives help you understand diseases and conditions from the patient’s perspective. Spotlight feature identifies and clarifies potentially confusing terminology. Medical Terminology Check Up at the end of each chapter reinforces your understanding of key concepts. Labeled illustrations in the Spanish glossary present Spanish terms for major anatomical structures. A tablet-optimized Evolve companion website includes word games, learning exercises, audio pronunciations, animations, an anatomy coloring book, electronic flash cards, and more. NEW and UPDATED medical information keeps you current with today’s healthcare terminology, and includes new illustrations clarifying difficult concepts and procedures. IMPROVED! Evolve resources are now optimized for tablet use, and mobile-optimized versions of the flash cards and quick quizzes make it easier for on-the-go study and review.

Genres: Medical, Nonfiction, Textbooks, Reference, Medicine

440 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1990

About the author

Davi-Ellen Chabner BA MAT

Reviews

[Bshaier · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an awesome book for medical students.
It's easy, clear, colorful and contain great images!
It's also not very deep or even very hard to understand and approximately the last 100 page are dictionary :)

The reason why I finished it early it's because I'm a radiology student 3rd year so, I'm really familiar with the anatomy for sure & I learned some terminology through my studying but, I was looking for a terminology book to widen my gaze and because I want to learn more so, yeah! I haven't read every word in here because some of them was known to me other were not-commonly used in my field. But, overall it's amazing!

I enjoyed reading it & I recommend it to new medical students what ever your majors were :)

[Sharaa]

Loving it! finished! (Started in early December, finished in January 2011. Aced the class!)

[Nino · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like this book

[Shakir Mahmood · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best one..

[Mohammed Saeed]

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[Jay Seabrook · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is very good, but the fuller text from the same publisher is even better

[Megan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was so helpful while getting my CNA and now that I am reading and working through it again it is even more helpful then before. It helps you learn (or review) terminology but also gives some basic review of anatomy and physiology within the terminology so that you know what it refers to. As I said it works great for review the second time you use it. I am just starting to use the CDs now and I know that they will be very helpful.

[Amy · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm teaching Med Term at the community college. So most of my reading this past week (and for the next four) focuses around that.

[Kimmie]

Informative and easy to grasp.

[Einer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Every exercise are repeated so much, that i get frustrated sometimes writing the same every time.

[Sara]

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[Marwah Abdelaal · Rating 4 out of 5]

as i'm not related to the medical field, but working in a medical institute.. i guess this book is simple enough :)

[(｡-_-｡ )N᷀a᷀j᷀l᷀a᷀ F᷀a᷀h᷀a᷀d᷀( ｡-_-｡) التركي · Rating 4 out of 5]

استفدت منه كثير

[Abeer Mohammad · Rating 5 out of 5]

So helpful.

[Samhot490]

i want to read