Welcome to Medical Terminology For Dummies!Consider this your personal, private course in the study of the medical terms used everyday
in doctor’s offices, hospitals, clinics, billing and insurance companies, labs,
and even pharmacies. This is a personal grand tour through not only the
world of medical terminology, but also through your own body.
You’ll find as you read this book that learning medical terms is a two-part
proposition. First, you’ve got to master the landscape of language itself. Don’t
worry, though — there will be no quiz. We just want you to better understand
how to both create and break down words. Once you get to know more about
prefixes, suffixes, and root words, you can do darn near anything with the
terminology. For example, you can go inside the body to discover the terms
that match up with different systems, diseases, procedures, and pharmaceutical products.
Mastering medical terminology involves more than just memorizing.
Exploring these terms and how they can be created will unlock not only medical mysteries for you, but great opportunities as well.