Product Description

This bestselling text provides students with the basic knowledge of medical language they need to communicate clearly with other health care team members. It presents not only medical terms built from word parts, but also those not built from word parts — which are sometimes omitted from other texts. Logically organized with a body system approach, this text also provides a brief review of anatomic terminology. A wealth of exercises helps students memorize word parts and their meanings, so they’ll be equipped to recognize and define new medical terms. * This proven approach starts with a foundation of word parts — prefixes, suffixes, and word roots — then builds words by combining the parts. * Also covers terms not built from word parts, and distinguishes them from those that are. * Chapter outlines at the beginning of each chapter list the content and page numbers, for quick and easy reference. * A set of 480 flashcards is packaged with the book, providing a valuable study tool. * An audio CD includes pronunciations and definitions for more than 3,000 medical terms. * The text, CD, flashcards, and audio CDs can be combined to form a powerful learning package for the student.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #449753 in Books
• Published on: 2005-02-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 768 pages

About the Author
Myrna LaFleur Brooks, BEd, RN, CHUC, Founding President of the National Association of Health Unit Clerks/Coordinators, Chairperson, Health Science Division, GateWay Community College, Phoenix, AZ

Customer Reviews

Excellent Textbook! Received an "A" in my class also!
I just took this course at a local college and I thought this textbook was excellent. The materials are well laid out and the book includes many photos and drawings of medical procedures. The book includes the following sections for each chapter: anatomy, combining forms, prefixes, suffixes, terms built from word parts, terms not built from word parts, procedures, diseases, acronymns, and many excellent practice sections in each chapter. If you follow the layout of the chapters and do the practice exercies then you will do well in this class. Medical terminology is very logical and practical. Good luck!

THANKS FOR THE "A" MYRNA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Before I bought "Exploring Medical Language" I knew absolutely nothing, and I mean nothing about Medical Terminology.
And to tell you the truth, when I first opened this huge, intimidating, monster of a book, It scared... me... I mean, wouldn't "rhabdomyosarcoma" or "esophagogastroduodenoscopy"
frighten you (just a bit) I thought, nooooo way.

But I opened it, read it, did the cool excersises, listen the the audio tapes, played a bit with the CD-R.

She begins at the beginning.....Little baby steps.

All of a sudden... I was like, I get it! I really get it!
Not only that, but I was beginning to enjoy it.

The prefix, suffix, and word roots suddenely become beautiful, flowing words that make sense.
Myrna LaFleur Brooks made this book come alive, interesting, and allowed medical language to become a little bit like music.
Well, a little!!!! Thanx for the "A" Myrna!

A bit too simplistic
I took a course in medical terminology as part of an online degree program, and the course utilized this textbook which, after a chapter or two, bored me to tears.

The information is good if medical terminology is something you're unfamiliar with. However, I work as a medical transcriptionist and am quite familiar with many medical terms. I've also taken both high school and university-level classes in anatomy and physiology, so much of the information here simply felt like a retread of what I already knew.

I didn't use the CD or flash cards that came with the textbook but, for the beginner, they might prove useful. For me, however, the book was too simplistic.