Understanding Medical Terms

Now in its second edition, this book provides an updated orientation to the prefixes, suffixes, and roots used to determine most medical terms encountered in practice. The book covers the basics of medical terminology and therapeutic terminology, thoroughly explains medical terms, and contains a complete index for quick reference, a table of common abbreviations for each therapeutic chapter, and expanded tables that put the information at readers fingertips. An invaluable reference for pharmacists, technicians, health care providers, pharmacy students, and anyone who requires a working knowledge of medical terminology, this edition is even more complete for today's practitioner.

Walter F. Stanaszek, Mary J. Stanaszek

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION -- PART I: THE BASIS OF MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY -- Chapter 1 Fundamentals of Medical Terms -- Chapter 2 - The Health Care System Structure -- Chapter 3 - Translating the Medical Record -- Chapter 4 - Abbreviations, Eponyms, and Lay Terms -- Chapter 5 - The Cardiovascular System and Its Disorders -- PART II: THERAPEUTIC TERMINOLOGY -- Chapter 6 - The Digestive (Gastrointestinal) System and Its Disorders -- Chapter? - The Musculoskelctal System and Its Disorders -- Chapter 8 The Integumentary (Dermatologic) System and Its Disorders -- Chapter 9 - The Respiratory Sysiem and Its Disorders -- Chapter 10 - The Reproductive System and Its Disorders -- Chapter 11 - The Urinary System and Its Disorders -- Chapter 12 - The Nervous System and Its Disorders -- Chapter 13 - The Special Sense Organs and Their Disorders -- Chapter 14 - Psychiatric Disorders -- Chapter 15 - The Endocrine System and Its Disorders -- Chapter 16 - The Hematologic System and Its Disorders -- Chapter 17 - The Lymphaticllmmune System and Its Disorders -- Chapter 18 - Oncology -- Chapter 19 -- Chapter 20 - Nutritional Disorders/Alternative Medicine -- Appendix A - Medical Abbreviations -- Appendix B - Study Examinations -- Bibliography -- Index.