Davi-Ellen Chabner

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Science

Build a working medical vocabulary quickly with Chabner's Medical Terminology: A Short Course, 9th Edition! Omitting time-consuming, nonessential information, this text helps you master the basics of medical vocabulary - including the most frequently encountered suffixes, prefixes, and word roots. A text/workbook format lets you practice and interact with medical terminology on almost every page through exercises, labeling, and pronunciations. Case studies and real-world vignettes demonstrate how medical terms are used in practice. With all this plus medical animations, word games, and flash cards on the Evolve website, you'll be amazed at how easily medical terminology becomes part of your vocabulary.

 * Easy-to-read and understandable language allows you to quickly grasp and retain medical terminology even if you've had little or no background in biology or medicine.
 * Text/workbook approach reinforces learning every step of the way with exercises, diagram labeling, review sheets, and pronunciation practice throughout the book.
 * Full-color illustrations and photographs show parts of the body, diseases, conditions, and medical procedures.
 * Picture Show activities, medical case reports, and vignettes demonstrate real-life applications of medical terms.
 * First Person narratives help you to understand diseases and conditions from the patient's perspective.
 * Principal Diagnosis feature shows how medical terms are used in clinical practice by asking you to read physician notes about a case and determine the patient's principal diagnosis.
 * Medical Terminology Check Up at the end of each chapter reinforces your understanding of key concepts and easily confused terms.
 * Evolve website includes resources optimized for tablet use, and mobile-optimized versions of the flash cards and quick quizzes make it easier for on-the-go study and review.
 * Body Systems Challenge self-test assesses and reinforces your understanding at your own pace.

 * NEW! Additional case studies provide examples of medical terminology in the context of patient care and procedures.
 * NEW! Immunity and COVID-19 Vaccines appendix features topics of current interest, including infectious disease, cancer treatments, medical technologies, and pharmacology.

Medical Terminology: a Short Course

c45ccb06-f5a6-4088-898d-6023f393fb95-1

Some highlighting and writing within the pages from previous student. #paperback #medical #textbook #workbook #selftaught #selfteach 

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Oregon

A Short Course 4th Edition

Quick, streamlined, and easy-to-use, Medical Terminology: A Short Course shows how to decipher the meanings of medical terms by breaking them down into smaller word parts. Chabner's proven method introduces words in the context of human anatomy, physiology and pathology so concepts are easier to grasp, while instilling the basics of suffixes, prefixes, and root words essential to developing a working medical vocabulary. Extensive hands-on practice, repetition, and case studies encourage students to learn by doing - writing terms, labeling diagrams, and completing exercises and review sheets. The book's selective content provides just the right amount of material for short medical terminology courses.
 * Self-teaching text/workbook format reinforces learning and builds confidence with pronunciation tests, diagram-labeling exercises, and review sheets.
 * Full-color drawings and photographs bring anatomy and pathophysiology terms to life.
 * Simple, clear, non-technical explanations of terms are easy to understand and require no previous background in medicine or science.
 * Case studies and vignettes use medical terms to show real-life applications of medical terms.
 * Appendices provide valuable reference information at the most basic level on supplemental topics such as anatomy of the body systems, drug classes, diagnostic tests and procedures, and abbreviations and symbols.
 * Interactive CD-ROM packaged with the book reinforces learning with additional exercises, a new image glossary, and an audio glossary.
 * More case studies and medical reports in the text and many more on CD-ROM provide a context for learning medical terms.
 * Medical Detective activity on the CD-ROM encourages readers to identify and correctly use medical terms within context of health care.
 * Additional new and updated pathology photographs illustrate common diseases and disorders.
 * The Spanish glossary contains new illustrations of the human body, including a full-body view and views of the skeletal, nervous reproductive, and endocrine systems - with labels in English and Spanish.
 * Medical Scramble exercises reinforce terms and make learning fun.
 * Picture Show exercises present an illustration and give the student the opportunity to apply knowledge to medical situations.