| Edition |
Seventh edition |
| Description |
xvii, 415 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
Previous edition: St. Louis, Mo.: Elsevier Saunders, 2012. |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Basic word structure -- Organization of the body -- Suffixes -- Prefixes -- Medical specialists and case reports -- Body systems -- Diagnostic tests and procedures -- Abbreviations, acronyms, symbols, and eponyms -- Allied health careers. |
| Summary |
Chabner omits time-consuming, nonessential information and helps you build a working medical vocabulary of the most frequently encountered suffixes, prefixes, and word roots in the medical field. Medical terms are introduced in the context of human anatomy and physiology to help you understand exactly what they mean, and case studies, vignettes, and activities demonstrate how medical terms are used in practice |
| Subject |
Medicine -- Terminology
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Medicine -- Terminology -- Programmed instruction
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| ISBN |
9781455758302 (pbk.) |
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