This book is about medical terminology. Medical terminology is made very simple. Roots, suffixes, and prefixes from Latin and Greek languages are used in medical terminology. The use of medical jargon involves principles that should be imbibed by. For example, appendicitis is formed by the combination of two words, which are appendic and itis. Appendic means vermiform appendix and itis means inflammation. The combination of the two words to form appendicitis then means inflammation of the vermiform appendix. Another example is hypertension. Hypertension is the combination of hyper and tension. Hyper is high while tension refers to pressure. Therefore, the meaning of hypertension is high blood pressure. Read this book to get many informations on medical terminology made very simple for you.
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