Medical Terminology
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First published: 1996
1 language
ISBN: 9780781771092
Description
A text demonstrating how medical terminology is used in clinical practice. After material on the origin of medical language, basic term components, and common forms and symbols for documenting patient care, chapters on various body systems outline anatomical terms and terms related to symptoms, diagnoses, tests, surgeries, and therapies, and include practice exercises with space for answers, and medical record analysis exercises based on real-life cases. Includes a color atlas with photos and diagrams, and color and b&w photos throughout.