Unlocking Medical Terminology

by Bruce Wingerd

Overview of Unlocking Medical Terminology

Unlocking Medical Terminology serves as a key to discovering a new language, in a fun, eye-catching, yet scientifically precise way. This easy to navigate book is designed to be used as a text to support lectures, or as an independent workbook. To help readers learn the meanings, correct spelling, pronunciation, and other factors of each medical term, the book contains numerous exercises, tips, and colorful figures for learning and practicing. The flexibility of its application is made possible by the book's text-like format combined with its self-guided, exercise-driven learning program. Wingerd uses a stair-step approach that mirrors the way that many people learn. Instead of assuming you will absorb volumes of information in one step, this book presents topics in smaller pieces. Self-quizzes give you the opportunity to master the information before you build upon it in the next section. This approach allows you to work at your own pace and ensures success. Some new features include:

• New Art Program with a very visual presentation of Anatomy and Physiology.
• Case Studies and Medical Reports have been added to give students real world context.
• More exercises throughout to help students refine word building skills.
• New See & Say approach to pronunciation, helping students say the medical terms correctly.

Synopsis of Unlocking Medical Terminology

Building medical terms is much like piecing together a puzzle of prefixes, suffixes and combining forms. In the same way, human anatomy is an intricate puzzle of body parts, interlocking with each other to form a complex set of systems. Unlocking Medical Terminology embraces these analogies, as it guides users through the assembly of medical terms in a FUN, engaging, and interactive way.

This resource provides interesting and engaging applications presented in an interactive, self-study format to increase the user's understanding of medical terminology. Included are: decoder key to reveal the hidden answers on each exercise page, Crossword puzzles and word jumbles in each chapter, Case studies, Challenging games and quizzes, along with flashcards, videos, and animations on a feature-packed CD-ROM that comes free with each book. A step-by-step approach allows users to learn the core elements of medical terminology: word parts, anatomy & physiology, and word building. Each step includes: “Word Parts Focus”, “Getting to the Root of It” and “Let’s Construct Terms”. This title also features artwork by F. Netter, M.D.

All health professionals and medical terminology students.

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