TY - BOOK AU - Davi-Ellen Chabner TI - Medical terminology: a short course SN - 9781455758302 AV - R123 .C434 PY - 2015/// CY - Missouri, PB - Elsevier KW - Dictionaries KW - Medicine Terminology N1 - Previous edition: St. Louis, Mo.: Elsevier Saunders, 2012 Includes index ; 1. Basic Word Structure2. Organization of the Body3. Suffixes4. Prefixes5. Medical Specialists and Case ReportsAppendix I: Body SystemsAppendix II: Diagnostic Tests and ProceduresAppendix III: Abbreviations, Acronyms, Symbols, and Eponyms Appendix IV: Allied Health Careers Mini-Dictionary: Glossary of Medical TermsGlossary of Word PartsGlossary of English-Spanish Terms N2 - Chabner omits time-consuming, nonessential information and helps you build a working medical vocabulary of the most frequently encountered suffixes, prefixes, and word roots in the medical field. 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 medical terms are used in practice ER -