* Expand your working medical vocabulary
* Work at your own pace to master the latest terms andtechniques
* Learn all the essential Greek and Latin building blocks
Learn at your own pace with the guidebook that has sold over400,000 copies
What word is used to describe a fatty tumor? Why are qualifiersnecessary in medical terminology? How does kinesialgia occur? Whatdoes "involution" mean? With Quick Medical Terminology: ASelf-Teaching Guide, Fourth Edition, you'll discover theanswers to these questions and many more.
Using a unique word-building system that begins with a review ofGreek and Latin word roots, Shirley Steiner provides the toolsnecessary for building and sustaining a large working repertoire ofmedical terms. This new fourth edition helps readers understand thesimple logic behind hundreds of seemingly incomprehensible words,featuring new review exercises and up-to-date examples. Thestep-by-step, clearly structured format of Quick MedicalTerminology makes it fully accessible, providing an easilyunderstood, comprehensive overview.
Like all Self-Teaching Guides, Quick Medical Terminologyallows you to build gradually on what you have learned-at your ownpace. Questions and self-tests reinforce the information in eachchapter and allow you to skip ahead or focus on specific areas ofconcern. Packed with useful, up-to-date information, this clear,concise volume is a valuable learning tool and reference source forpractitioners and students who need to expand, improve, or refreshtheir medical vocabularies.
Shirley Soltesz Steiner
Consumer Health General Gesundheits- u. Sozialwesen Health & Social Care Private Gesundheitsvorsorge