The language of medicine

Chabner, Davi-Ellen.

The language of medicine - 8th ed. - St. Louis, Mo. : Saunders/Elsevier, c2007. - xxiii, 1030 p. : ill, col. 28 cm. +

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Basic word structure -- Terms pertaining to the body as a whole -- Suffixes -- Prefixes -- Digestive system -- Additional suffixes and digestive system terminology -- Urinary system -- Female reproductive system -- Male reproductive system -- Nervous system -- Cardiovascular system -- Respiratory system -- Blood system -- Lymphatic and immune systems -- Musculoskeletal system -- Skin -- Sense organs: the eye and the ear -- Endocrine system -- Cancer medicine (Oncology) -- Radiology, nuclear medicine, and radiation therapy -- Pharmacology -- Psychiatry -- Plurals -- Abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols -- Normal hematologic reference values and implications of abnormal results -- Drugs -- Complementary and alternative medicine terms.

1416034927 (softcover) 9781416034926

2007276643


Medicine--Terminology.

R123 / .C43 2007