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    45 Mins or Less to Memorize, Pronounce and Understand Medical Terms. The Best and Most Effective Way to Build Your Medical Vocabulary Quickly!
    45 Mins or Less to Memorize, Pronounce and Understand Medical Terms. The Best and Most Effective Way to Build Your Medical Vocabulary Quickly!
    45 Mins or Less to Memorize, Pronounce and Understand Medical Terms. The Best and Most Effective Way to Build Your Medical Vocabulary Quickly!
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    45 Mins or Less to Memorize, Pronounce and Understand Medical Terms. The Best and Most Effective Way to Build Your Medical Vocabulary Quickly!

    By Chase Andersson

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    Medical Terminology
    45 Mins or Less to Memorize, Pronounce and Understand Medical Terms. The Best and Most Effective Way to Build Your Medical Vocabulary Quickly!

    Ever wondered what the medical terms you hear in a hospital or Grey’s Anatomy mean? You are definitely in the majority because what those medical practitioners find to be common and normal is jargon to us. 

    Well, this book is geared towards demystifying those terms and phrases used by the medical professionals. Most people find them complex but this book makes it easier to identify the various medical terms. 

    You do not need to have scored a distinction in biology and human anatomy to understand what some of the phrases commonly used by doctors and nurses mean. All you need is some interest and a source of information and you will be following when you hear what the nurses say in the hospital hallway. 

    The medical terms used can’t all be crammed into a single book but this one covers 95% of those terms. It is simplistic in its technicality. It also contains introductory basic knowledge to various body systems. 


    Some of the sections that are covered include:

    The basic body system of a the human body

    The basic terminologies used in a hospital setting; subdivided into specific categories

    The various parts of the human body

    Some of the suffixes and prefixes used in medical terminology

    Abbreviations you are likely to encounter in a hospital setting


    Each chapter the least amount of time to memorize because it is optimized for you. It is that easy, give it a try.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChase Andersson
    Release dateAug 12, 2017
    ISBN9781544697666
    45 Mins or Less to Memorize, Pronounce and Understand Medical Terms. The Best and Most Effective Way to Build Your Medical Vocabulary Quickly!

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      45 Mins or Less to Memorize, Pronounce and Understand Medical Terms. The Best and Most Effective Way to Build Your Medical Vocabulary Quickly! - Chase Andersson

      Introduction

      This book gives a basic knowledge in mastery of medical terms for people interested in understanding medical terms. It contains the various body systems and organs that are involved in the body systems with brief description on how they work, basic medical equipment used in the hospital, basic abbreviations that represent; specific rooms in a hospital, body conditions, various treatments and terms used by medical practitioners and prefixes and suffixes that help ease in comprehension of various body conditions.

      This book gives terminologies in the medical field in an easy and understandable format. It is arranged in an orderly manner that is alphabetical order for easier location of terms in the chapters involving abbreviations, suffixes and prefixes. It is wise to understand that most medical terminologies are made up of three parts that bear a significance and give directional meaning. The three parts are prefixes, roots, and suffixes which when put together give you a meaning.

      The root is at the centre of the word and is the key part of the whole word. It gives you overview of what you are about to deal with and indicates the part of the body involved.

      The prefix is at the beginning of the word and expounds more about the circumstances surrounding the meaning of the word.

      The suffix is usually at the end of a word and, normally indicates a procedure disease or a condition.

      Figure 1  The generic  arrangement of the parts of the medical terms

      Chapter 1. Basic Anatomic terms and how to pluralize with ease

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      BASIC ANATOMY TERMS

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      NUMERIC

      Many times you find medical terms containing a prefix that describes numbers.

      Some

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