MP Medical Terminology: Language for Health Care W/Student CD-ROMs and Audio CDs

by Nina Thierer, Deb Nelson, Judy Ward

Book Overview

Medical Terminology: Language for Health Care provides the comprehensive coverage needed for a 2-term or intensive 1-term Medical Terminology course. It provides clear instruction on the basics of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0077302346
• ISBN13: 9780077302344
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Length: 752 Pages
• Weight: 3.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.5" x 10.7"

Customer Reviews

Medical Terminology: Language for Health Care w/Student CD-ROMs and Audio CDs

Since I was purchasing this book for school, I needed it to be the correct edition and have the Student CD-ROMs and Audio CDs. I was pleased with the prompt service. The book arrived in a timely manner and was in excellent condition. The book was as advertised.

Solid book, as far as I can tell.

This is a topic that I have never delved into before, so I have little basis for comparison. However, as I run a Mac and not a PC, I was amiss with the activities that are on the cd-rom, which classmates do recommend. So, as a solution for myself to get more interactivity, I started a set of virtual flashcards at [...], following our progress through the book. While typing all of the bits of info such as the extensive lists of prefixes, suffixes, and then also, the lists of various diseases and ailments, I did get wise to so many of them being very similar, or even, defined the very same way. That would be just the thing to trip somebody up whenever they're called upon to identify the bit of info, but there are 3 or 4 that are similar or same. So, I have attempted to alert the fellow student with the way I've typed out the flashcards. So, for example: 'bio' is defined simply as 'life'. But, so is 'vivi', as well as 'zo(o). [...]