Medical Terminology:The Basics

• Éditeur: QuickStudy Reference Guides
• Année: 2009
• ISBN:
  9781423212683
• Sujet: Medicine
• Sous-sujet: Medical Theory, Practice & Reference

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)
  

GLOSSARY

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
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