TY - BOOK AU - Chabner,Davi-Ellen TI - Medical terminology : : a short course SN - 9780323444927 AV - R123.C434 2018 U1 - 610.1/4 22 PY - 2018/// CY - St. Louis, Mo. PB - Elsevier Saunders KW - Medicine KW - Terminology KW - Programmed instruction N1 - CONTENT Chapter 1 Basic word structure -- Chapter 2 Organization of the body -- Chapter 3 Suffixes -- Chapter 4 Prefixes -- Chapter 5 Medical specialists and case reports -- Appendix 1 Body systems -- Appendix 2 Diagnostic tests and procedures -- Appendix 3 Abbreviations, acronyms, symbols, and eponyms -- Appendix 4 Allied health careers 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 -