Quick Medical Terminology: A Self-Teaching Guide, 4th edition

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.

Like all Self-Teaching Guides, Quick Medical Terminology allows you to build gradually on what you have learned?at your own pace. Questions and self-tests reinforce the information in each chapter and allow you to skip ahead or focus on specific areas of concern. Packed with useful, up-to-date information, this clear, concise volume is a valuable learning tool and reference source for practitioners and students who need to expand, improve, or refresh their medical vocabularies. more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-27-2009; "Quick" Medical Terminology Guide; Easy learning for those looking to break into the medical world. This guide simplifies the process in a fast and efficient way. I would highly suggest it to anyone who is planning to take a medical terminology class. This book is well...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Apr-24-2009; Quick Medical Terminology; This made a wonderful gift for my grand daughter who is an EMT going for her certification to be a Paramedic.; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Apr-03-2009; Okay For the price; When I first got my Kindle 2 I knew I would put an abbreviation dictionary into it. I am a nurse who reviews charts. This book is just okay. It is missing some of the more less common medical abbreviations used. I will probab/y use my...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-23-2009; Good for self quizzing; This is a straightforward book. Lots of quizzes and questions for easy self testing.; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-27-2009; "Quick" Medical Terminology Guide; Easy learning for those looking to break into the medical world. This guide simplifies the process in a fast and efficient way. I would highly suggest it to anyone who is planning to take a medical terminology class. This book is well...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-28-2009; Not very complete; Although this book has many terms, it is not inclusive. There are many terms that are not included, like a simple LE for lower extremity or W/C for wheelchair. It also has many abbreviations that would not be acceptable in ANY facility,...; read full review | report as inappropriate