Master the medical terminology you'll need for success in the health care with this unique, objective-based approach! Focused entirely on medical terminology and vocabulary, this trusted text helps you understand complex medical terms with a proven step-by-step strategy, building each word from its foundation. With a logical, body-systems organization and engaging terminology exercises throughout, it's your key to communicating confidently and effectively with other health care professionals.

Key Features

• Systematic approach to terminology prepares you to recognize and define new words as you encounter them and build the medical vocabulary you'll need in the health care setting.
• Pronunciation key provides quick access to frequently referenced material.
• Complimentary and Alternative Medicine terms boxes highlight words and phrases associated with this increasingly popular discipline.
• Case studies encourage critical thinking and demonstrate how to apply the information you've learned.
• Terminology flash cards, included with every book, give you valuable review and self-assessment tools you can take anywhere for study on the go.
• Evolve resources enhance your learning and reinforcement opportunities with additional exercises, a Spanish/English glossary, and the Body Spectrum Electronic Anatomy Coloring Book.
• Medical Terminology Online, available at an additional charge, gives you access to a complete online course for the most advanced learning and understanding.

New to this Edition

• New terms and abbreviations familiarize you with the latest terminology in use in health care.
• New images and illustrations visually acquaint you with pathologic information and procedures you'll encounter in the clinical setting.
• Enhanced chapter features highlight important concepts and provide guidance for more effective learning and study.
• CD references within the text direct you to expanded learning opportunities on the companion CD.
• More than 20 new medical records let you practice medical terminology using the forms you'll encounter in the clinical setting.
• New icons make it easy to distinguish a variety of helpful boxes and reference the material you need quickly.
• Answers to review exercises help you gauge your strengths and weaknesses and configure the most effective study plan for you.
• Website boxes refer you to valuable content you can access online for further learning.
• Revised pharmacy appendix helps you easily reference key pharmaceutical terms.
• The vastly updated companion CD provides fun alternatives for reinforcing what you've learned with new learning games, including Medical Millionaire and Termbusters.
• Enhanced audio companion, available on CD or as iTerms downloads for portable media players, helps you perfect your pronunciation skills and confidently use the terms you've learned in practice.