medical terminology, medicine, nursing, practical nursing, allied health occupations, allied health, health occupations, medical language, health profession 

MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY: A PROGRAMMED SYSTEMS APPROACH, 10E is your number one resource for learning medical terminology. Enhanced with innovative built-in tools to make learning easier, interactive exercises, and improvements that reflect the most accurate, up-to-date industry terms today, makes this book an industry leading resource. MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY: A PROGRAMMED SYSTEMS APPROACH, 10E uses a unique word-building programmed approach that will teach you to break down key medical terms into their roots, prefixes, and suffixes. This programmed-learning format requires active participation through reading, writing, answering questions, labeling, repetition, and providing immediate feedback. With engaging review activities, back-of-the-book flash cards, and an accompanying CD-ROM with interactive learning activities, this book provides a complete package for building a comprehensive entry-level knowledge of medical language for readers with little or no previous experience. Now in its 10th edition, this book is a proven resource that is easy and fun to use. Teaching medical terminology has never been easier. 

xxvii, 659 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm 

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- About This Programmed System -- How to Use StudyWare -- Section A How to Work the Program-Directions for Use of Programmed Learning -- Unit 1 The World-Building System-Introduction to Word Parts Including Word Roots, Suffixes, Prefixes, Parts of Speech, and Plural Formation -- Unit 2 Surgical Suffixes, Hematology, and Diagnostic Imaging -- Unit 3 Oncology and the Central Nervous System -- Unit 4 Orthopedics, Osteopathy, and Body Regions -- Unit 5 Pathology, Otohinolaryngology, and Prefixes dys-, brady-, tachy-, poly-, syn- -- Unit 6 Urology and Gynecology -- Unit 7 Gastroenterology -- Unit 8 Neurology, Psychology, Anesthesiology, and Vascular Terminology -- Unit 9 Anatomic Terms -- Unit 10 Surgery, Diabetes, Immunology, Lesions, and Prefixes of Numbers and Direction -- Unit 11 Descriptive Prefixes, Asepsis, and Pharmacology -- Unit 12 Prefixes of Location and Medication Administration -- Unit 13 Respiratory System and Pulmonology -- Unit 14 Word Parts for Night, Sleep, Split, Skeletal System, and Orthopedics -- Unit 15 Ophthalmology, Endocrinology, and Medical Specialities -- Appendix A ISMP's List of Error-Prone Abbreviations, Symbols, and Dose Designations -- Appendix B Abbreviations -- Appendix C Additional Word Parts -- Appendix D Glossary of Proper Names of Diseases and Procedures -- Appendix E Answers to Unit Review Activities and Case Studies -- Appendix F Puzzle Solutions -- Index of Terms -- Index of Word Parts Learned