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Medical Terminology

This guide is design to aid with studying and preparing for Medical Terminology (ALHS 1090)

Open Textbooks

Cover image for Medical Terminology for Healthcare Professions Medical Terminology for Healthcare Professions

Medical Terminology for Healthcare Professions is an Open Educational Resource (OER) that focuses on breaking down, pronouncing, and learning the meaning of medical terms within the context of anatomy and physiology. This resource is targeted for Healthcare Administration, Health Sciences, and Pre-Professional students.

 

Cover image for Building a Medical Terminology Foundation Building a Medical Terminology

Building a Medical Terminology Foundation is an OER that focuses on breaking down medical terms into their word parts, pronouncing medical terms, and learning the meaning of medical terms within the context of introductory anatomy and physiology.

 

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Medical Terminology Study Guide 2017

 

Human Body systems and Related Medical Terminology

 

PRONUNCIATIONS

 

Identifying Word Parts in Medical Terms - Medicine LibreTexts

 

MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia

 

Building a Medical Terminology Foundation 

OER that focuses on breaking down medical terms into their word parts, pronouncing medical terms, and learning the meaning of medical terms within the context of introductory anatomy and physiology.

Additional links

Introduction to Medical Terminology - U of Minnesota

 

Word Parts and What They Mean - MedlinePlus

 

Understanding Medical Words Tutorial - National Library of Medicine

 

Medical Terminology A thru Z

Everything you need to know about prefixes, root words and suffixes and a complete dictionary of terms.

 

InterActive Medical Terminology

The easy way to learn the language of medicine

 

NCI Metathesaurus

biomedical terminology database that covers most terminologies used by the National Cancer Institute

 

Medical Suffixes Made Easy

 

Health IT Workforce Curriculum 03-01 - Understanding Medical Words

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