
- 6 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
About this book
Essential terminology for study in any medically related field and a reference for professionals that can be stored and accessed quickly. Covering more terms per page than any book or website this six page laminated guide also covers the breakdown of medical words using the prefix, root, and suffix that will help decoding terms. Organized alphabetically and in color separated tables this tool for pre-med, nursing, EMT, imaging, pharmacology, medical coding and more has been a best-seller for twenty years with millions in print. Laminated for durability, this inexpensive reference can easily last a lifetime.
6 page laminated guide includes:
- Foundation of Medical Words
- Human Body Words
- Terminology Sets
- Directional Terms
- Five rrh's
- Numerical Values
- Surgical Procedures
- Diagnostic Procedures
- Pathogens
- Colors
- Five Senses
- Synonyms
- Glossary of Terms – Alphabetically (3+ pages)
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Information

| A | |
| a-, an- | without, not |
| ab- | away from |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| ablat/o | to remove, take away |
| abrad/o, abras/o | to scrape off |
| acanth/o | thorny, spiny |
| acar/o | mites |
| acid/o | acid, sour, bitter |
| acous/o | hearing |
| acoust/o | hearing, sound |
| acr/o | extremities |
| actin/o | ray, radiation |
| acu- | needle |
| acu/o, acut/o | sharp, severe |
| ad- | toward, near |
| aden/o | gland |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| adip/o | fat |
| adren/o | adrenal glands |
| aer/o | air, gas |
| agglutin/o | clumping |
| agit/o | rapidity, restlessness |
| -agogue | producer, leader |
| -agra | severe pain |
| alb/o, albin/o | white |
| albumin/o | albumin |
| -algesia, alges/o | pain sensitivity |
| -algia | pain |
| allo- | other, different |
| alveol/o | alveolus |
| ambi- | around, on both sides, about |
| ambly/o | dim, dull |
| ambul/o | to walk |
| ammon/o | ammonium |
| amni/o | amnion |
| amphi- | around, on both sides |
| amyl/o | starch |
| an/o | anus |
| ana- | up, backward, against |
| andr/o | male |
| aneurysm/o | aneurysm |
| angi/o | vessel |
| anis/o | unequal |
| ankyl/o | stiff, crooked, bent |
| anomal/o | irregular |
| ante- | before, forward |
| anter/o | front |
| anthrac/o | coal, carbon, carbuncle |
| anthrop/o | man, human being |
| anti- | against |
| antr/o | antrum |
| aort/o | aorta |
| -apheresis | separation, removal |
| aphth/o | ulcer |
| apic/o | apex |
| apo- | away, separation |
| aque/o | water |
| arachn/o | spider |
| arch/i, arch/e, -arche | first |
| arsenic/o | arsenic |
| arte... | |
Table of contents
- Foundations of Medical Words
- The Human Body
- Terminology Sets
- Five Senses
- Synonyms
- Glossary