Medical Terminology Demystified

Dale Layman, "Medical Terminology Demystified"
McGraw-Hill Professional | 2005 | ISBN: 0071461043 | 400 pages | PDF | 3,3 MB

Talk the talk! Medical terms demystified

The first step toward working successfully in the booming allied health field, perhaps as a nurse, record keeper, or insurance biller -- or simply being able to take a more proactive role in your own healthcare -- is mastering the language. In Medical Terminology Demystified, Dr. Dale Layman -- a multi-award-winning educator -- gives you a fast, easy, and practical way to learn the terms medical professionals use to describe and deal with disease and injury, surgical techniques, drugs and other therapies, and more.

You needn't have been a star science pupil to benefit from this path-smoothing guide! Medical Terminology Demystified packs the perfect combination of learning tools. Work at your own comfortable pace with in-depth medical information described in easy-to-understand language, helpful icons, and hundreds of topic-clarifying illustrations. Fill-in-the-blank and exam questions and answers provide quick and handy learning "check-ups" so you can measure your progress.

If you want to achieve mastery of the medical field's concepts and defining terminology, here's the self-teaching course that does the job fast. Get ready to:
Learn all the proper terms used in the context of diagnosis…anesthesia and surgery…microbiology and infectious diseases…therapeutics
Acquire everyday familiarity with formal medical terminology related to the cell and lymphatic systems; skeletal and muscular systems; heart and blood vessels; respiratory system; glands and skin; neurologic and psychiatric disorders; eyes and ears; the digestive tract; the urogenital system
Understand and be able to use with confidence terms associated with fertilization, pregnancy, and birth
Take a "final exam" and grade it yourself!

Medical Terminology Demystified is a lively, effective shortcut to learning and using medical terminology like a pro!

Quick Medical Terminology: A Self-Teaching Guide

Quick Medical Terminology: A Self-Teaching Guide, 4th edition
Publisher: Wiley | ISBN: 0471233595 | edition 2002 | PDF | 323 pages | 8,5 mb

* Expand your working medical vocabulary, * Work at your own pace to master the latest terms and techniques, * Learn all the essential Greek and Latin building blocks
Learn at your own pace with the guidebook that has sold over 400,000 copies
What word is used to describe a fatty tumor? Why are qualifiers necessary in medical terminology? How does kinesialgia occur? What does "involution" mean? With Quick Medical Terminology: A Self-Teaching Guide, Fourth Edition, you’ll discover the answers to these questions and many more.
Using a unique word-building system that begins with a review of Greek and Latin word roots, Shirley Steiner provides the tools necessary for building and sustaining a large working repertoire of medical terms. This new fourth edition helps readers understand the simple logic behind hundreds of seemingly incomprehensible words, featuring new review exercises and up-to-date examples. The step-by-step, clearly structured format of Quick Medical Terminology makes it fully accessible, providing an easily understood, comprehensive overview.

Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary

Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (Thumb Index)
2788 pages | F. A. Davis Company; 20 Revised edition (February 14, 2005) | ISBN: 0803612079 | PDF | 37 Mb

A reference for health care clinicians and students, that takes account of the integration of alternative and complementary approaches into standard western medical care, defining terms relating to herbal remedies and traditional cures from other cultures.
Because for more than 65 years, Taber's has provided students and practitioners with the definitions and information they need to provide superior care for their patients: 56,000 definitions with 2,400 brand new to the 20th edition.almost 50% more than our nearest competitor. More than 6,000 revised terms. 700 superior illustrations with more than 500 in full color 100 more Patient Care sections NEW! Cautions statements added to almost 350 terms bold and in a second color New and revised appendices, including Nutrition, Complementary Medicine.

Medical Terminology: An Illustrated Guide

Barbara Janson Cohen “Medical Terminology: An Illustrated Guide(4th Ed.)"
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | 2003-08 | ISBN: 078174976X | 584 pages | PDF | 14,1 MB

Text covers medical terminology with an organizational structure, full-color illustrations, and a strong clinical focus. Includes exercises and numerous case studies for each chapter. Also includes information on alternative and complementary medicine.

Dictionary for Clinical Trials by Simon Day

Dictionary for Clinical Trials by Simon Day
Publisher: Wiley | Number Of Pages: 228 | Publication Date: 1999-07-27 | ISBN-10: 0471985961

 

Clinical trials refer to any form of planned experiment involving patients, designed to elucidate the most appropriate treatment for future patients with a given medical condition. A comprehensive one-volume guide to clinical trial terminology, this book presents explanations and definitions normally found in clinical trial protocols, reports, regulatory guidelines, and published manuscripts, in language free from jargon.

Black's Medical Dictionary

Black's Medical Dictionary, 41st Edition
Publisher: The Scarecrow Press | 2006-04-25 | 849 pages | ISBN: 0810857138 | 21.7 MB |

AThe 41st edition of this worldwide best-selling medical reference book presents more than 5,000 definitions and descriptions of medical terms and concepts, along with more than 100 diagrams and drawings including 16 pages of color illustrations. It includes updated and revised material on topics such as apoptosis, autism, prostheses, suicide, and transfusion. The 41st edition is an invaluable reference for a wide audience- from health care professionals and journalists to attorneys and interested consumers.