Medical terminology : a short course

Summary: "... this streamlined text omits time-consuming, nonessential information and helps you quickly build a working medical vocabulary of the most frequently encountered prefixes, suffixes, and word roots." [Amazon].

Record details

ISBN: 9780323444927
ISBN: 032344492X
Physical Description: print
xvii, 428 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: 8th edition.
Publisher: St. Louis, Mo. : Saunders Elsevier, [2018]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Previous edition: St. Louis, Mo. : Elsevier Saunders, 2015. Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Basic word structure -- Organization of the body -- Suffixes -- Prefixes -- Medical specialists and case reports -- Body systems -- Diagnostic tests and procedures -- Abbreviations, acronyms, symbols, and eponyms -- Quick drug reference -- Allied health careers -- Mini-dictionary -- Glossary of word parts -- Glossary of English-Spanish terms.