The Language of Medicine, 13th Edition

• Simple, clear, easy-to-understand explanations of terms enable readers with little or no previous medical or science background to easily grasp medical terms and concepts.
• Clinical procedures and lab reports sections show you how terminology is used in health care settings; updated by experts in each specialty to reflect current practice.
• A wide variety of exercises provide multiple opportunities to reinforce and remember content.
• Clear illustrations and brilliant images of anatomy, physiology, and pathology orient readers to the structure and function of the body system, providing the best context for learning the medical terms and helping you learn terminology more easily by understanding how it is used in practice.
• Practical Applications in each chapter (case reports, operative and diagnostic tests, laboratory, and x-ray reports) let you apply knowledge to situations that you will encounter in the clinical environment.
• Actual clinical procedures and lab tests are provided within body system or medical specialty chapters

CONTENTS

1. Basic Word Structure
2. Terms Pertaining to the Body as a Whole
3. Suffixes
4. Prefixes
5. Digestive System
6. Additional Suffixes and Digestive System Terminology
7. Urinary System
8. Female Reproductive System
9. Male Reproductive System
10. Nervous System
11. Cardiovascular System
12. Respiratory System
13. Blood System
14. Lymphatic and Immune Systems
15. Musculoskeletal System
16. Skin
17. Sense Organs: The Eye and the Ear
18. Endocrine System
19. Cancer Medicine (Oncology)
20. Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
21. Pharmacology
22. Psychiatry
APPENDIX I Plurals
APPENDIX II Abbreviations, Symbols, Acronyms, and Eponyms
APPENDIX III Normal Hematologic Reference Values and Implications of Abnormal Results
APPENDIX IV Drugs
Index