Quick & Easy Medical Terminology

by Peggy C. Leonard MT MEd

Make learning medical terminology faster and more fun with Quick & Easy Medical Terminology, 7th Edition! Presenting terms in the context of body systems, this book helps you begin reading, writing, and speaking medical terms in the shortest time possible. Small chunks of information are always followed immediately by exercises, so you will be learning every minute! This edition adds new illustrations and a new Special Senses chapter, and an Evolve companion website includes word games, activities, and audio pronunciations to make it easier to understand and remember terminology. Written in a clear, conversational style by Peggy C. Leonard, this resource gives you the tools to communicate effectively in the health care environment.

448 pages, Spiral-bound

First published February 1, 1990

Reviews

[Bella · Rating 4 out of 5]

My niece, who is a graduate of a school for medical transcription, is taking a course in medical terminology for one of her CE credits this year. The course uses this book as its textbook.

This book is fine if you've have little to no experience with medical terminology. However, for those like my niece, who have graduated from a school in which medical terminology was covered, are going to find the book very easy going. They are going to know all the words presented and how to form plurals, include a prefix, suffix, etc.

This book is more suited to those who have no experience with medical terminology or even with anatomy and physiology. They probably will find the rules for forming plurals, etc., a little confusing at first, but they needn't worry. All of it gets a lot easier with a little exposure to the material and seems to come naturally. Eventually.

Beside the basics, like combining words, how to form plurals (remember, medical terms come from the Greek or Latin, so don't follow usual English rules of pluralization), how to form prefixes and suffixes, etc., this book also explains medical terminology body system by body system, which is great for those with no exposure to human anatomy and physiology. There are also several appendices at the end of the book that should be very helpful to anyone, experienced or neophyte.

All-in-all, this is a very good book for learning medical terminology. It's just a little too basic for what my niece needs.

[Julia Gorning · Rating 4 out of 5]

This truly was a simple and easy book to learn word roots. It helped me when taking the GRE and I imagine I'll never be confused again when a doctor throws a big and bad sounding term at me.