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Books in Medical terminology

This portfolio provides essential vocabulary, coding systems, and language tools for healthcare professionals. It supports effective communication, documentation, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

  • Mastering Healthcare Terminology

    • 8th Edition
    • Betsy J. Shiland
    • English
    Master the terminology you need to communicate clearly and confidently in the healthcare setting! Using small learning segments or “chunks,” Mastering Healthcare Terminology, 8th Edition, makes it easy to learn medical terms and definitions. Concepts and terms are immediately followed by exercises to reinforce and assess your understanding. Organizing terminology by body system, this worktext features realistic case studies and medical records with review questions. Written by respected educator Betsy Shiland, this resource also includes an Evolve companion website with accessible games and activities.

  • Medical Terminology: A Short Course

    • 10th Edition
    • Davi-Ellen Chabner
    • English
    Quickly build a working medical vocabulary with Chabner’s Medical Terminology: A Short Course, 10th Edition! Based on Davi-Ellen Chabner's proven learning method, this streamlined text helps you master the basics of medical vocabulary, including the most frequently encountered prefixes, suffixes, and word roots. Medical terms are introduced in the context of human anatomy and physiology to help you understand the exact meaning, with case studies, vignettes, and activities demonstrating how they're used in practice. With writing and interacting with medical terminology on almost every page, you’ll learn by doing. In addition, an accessible Evolve companion website reinforces understanding with medical animations, word games, flash cards, and more.

  • Building a Medical Vocabulary

    with Spanish Translations
    • 12th Edition
    • Elsevier
    • English
    Quickly learn essential medical terminology! Both engaging and interactive, Building a Medical Vocabulary, Twelfth Edition, introduces a step-by-step approach to effective communication in the healthcare environment. This text brilliantly intersperses traditional narrative and a variety of learning exercises with a programmed approach that gives you immediate feedback. Ideal for both the classroom setting or for self-study, it provides you with the building blocks to successfully communicate with other members of the healthcare team. Games, exercises, and additional resources on the companion Evolve website help reinforce learning. Spanish language translations for anatomy, diagnostic, pathology, and therapeutic terms are included, which is very useful in today’s multilingual healthcare settings.

  • Exploring Medical Language

    A Student-Directed Approach
    • 12th Edition
    • Danielle LaFleur Brooks + 2 more
    • English
    **2026 Textbook and Academic Authors Association (TAA) McGuffey Longevity Award Winner**Master medical terms on your terms! A combination text/workbook, Exploring Medical Language: A Student-Directed Approach, 12th Edition, provides exercises that make it easy to build an understanding of medical terminology. Organized by body system, medical terms are divided into two categories: 1) Words built from word parts, and 2) Words NOT built from word parts. Fun and engaging exercises help you first learn word parts and then learn how to combine the parts into full medical terms that make sense. The text also comes packaged with paper flashcards. For more practice, you can visit an Evolve companion website with games, activities, flashcards, and practice exams. From well-known educators Danielle LaFleur Brooks, Dale Levinsky, and Myrna LaFleur Brooks, this learning package helps you gain fluency in medical language and communicate clearly in the health care setting.

  • Terminología aplicada a las ciencias de la salud

    • 2nd Edition
    • Francisco Vélez García + 1 more
    • Spanish
    La segunda edición de Terminología aplicada a las ciencias de la salud se ha actualizado para seguir ayudando a los estudiantes a superar sus dificultades en la comprensión de la terminología médica. Después de trabajar con este libro, el estudiante habrá adquirido las competencias para asimilar con mayor eficacia y emplear correctamente los términos técnicos utilizados en las ciencias de la salud, acudiendo a su etimología grecolatina, pero evitando ahondar en tecnicismos lingüísticos alejados de las necesidades prácticas de los estudiantes de ciencias. La obra tiene un enfoque eminentemente práctico, basado en el análisis estructural de las palabras, y todos los capítulos contienen ejercicios cuyas soluciones se encuentran al final del libro, de modo que el estudiante puede comprobar los resultados y aclarar dudas por sí mismo en cualquier momento. El manual contiene, además, un glosario de raíces y afijos grecolatinos ordenados alfabéticamente según su pronunciación en español y, para complementar el estudio, la bibliografía incluye tanto libros de texto como diccionarios y sitios de Internet. El Dr. Francisco Vélez García es médico cirujano egresado de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) y especialista en Cirugía General egresado del Centro Médico Nacional del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), en la ciudad de México. Es especialista en docencia por la Facultad de Pedagogía e Innovación Educativa de la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California. Como docente de la Facultad de Medicina Mexicali de la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC) se desempeñó como profesor de Clinica de Gastroenterología, de Propedeútica Médica y de Terminología de la Salud. El Dr. Hiram Infante Sierra es médico egresado de la Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, México, y especialista en Cirugía General egresado del Centro Médico Nacional del Noreste del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), en la ciudad de Monterrey, Nuevo León. Es profesor titular de la Cátedra de Anatomía General y de la Cátedra de Terminología de la Salud, y profesor adjunto de la Clínica de Patología Quirúrgica de la Facultad de Medicina Mexicali, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California.

  • The Language of Medicine

    • 13th Edition
    • Davi-Ellen Chabner
    • English
    Effectively master medical terminology with Davi-Ellen Chabner's The Language of Medicine, 13th Edition. Centering on Chabner’s proven method of learning medical terms by studying them in the context of the human body, this highly praised and bestselling text helps individuals of all educational backgrounds easily understand and remember important medical terminology by incorporating easy-to-follow explanations, relevant examples, and countless reinforcement exercises. This new edition also features additional clinical practice exercises; more medical procedure photos; timely content on immunity and vaccines, infection control, advances in cardiology, cancer research, emerging orthopedic treatments; and more. No matter where your career path takes you, Chabner’s proven method for med term mastery will prepare you for success.

  • Quick & Easy Medical Terminology

    • 10th Edition
    • Peggy C. Leonard
    • English
    **Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Dictionaries/Termino... to read, write, and speak in medical terms in no time! Ideal for one-semester courses and self-study, Quick & Easy Medical Terminology, 10th Edition covers disorders, diagnosis, and treatment with a strong focus on anatomy. This clear, concise text presents small bits of information, followed immediately by a test for comprehension, using a combination of programmed and traditional review questions. This edition includes additional health care reports and review exercises, as well as new and updated terminology, images, and illustrations. With help from resources on the companion Evolve website, Quick & Easy Medical Terminology provides simple tools you need for good communication in the health care environment.

  • Basic Medical Language with Flash Cards

    • 7th Edition
    • Danielle LaFleur Brooks + 2 more
    • English
    Build the foundation you need to confidently communicate with your healthcare team! Basic Medical Language, 7th Edition makes it easy to master the medical terminology needed for success in the health professions. This concise text helps you learn and recognize hundreds of medical terms by introducing the suffixes, prefixes, and combining forms used in building words. Brief, illustrated lessons present terms by body system, and include exercises that ask you to build, define, and read commonly used medical terms. From an expert writing team led by Danielle LaFleur Brooks, this book includes realistic case studies and an Evolve website that simplifies learning with animations, activities, games, quizzes, and more.

  • Medical Terminology: A Short Course

    • 9th Edition
    • Davi-Ellen Chabner
    • English
    Build a working medical vocabulary quickly with Chabner’s Medical Terminology: A Short Course, 9th Edition! Omitting time-consuming, nonessential information, this text helps you master the basics of medical vocabulary — including the most frequently encountered suffixes, prefixes, and word roots. A text/workbook format lets you practice and interact with medical terminology on almost every page through exercises, labeling, and pronunciations. Case studies and real-world vignettes demonstrate how medical terms are used in practice. With all this plus medical animations, word games, and flash cards on the Evolve website, you'll be amazed at how easily medical terminology becomes part of your vocabulary.

  • Building a Medical Vocabulary

    with Spanish Translations
    • 11th Edition
    • Peggy C. Leonard
    • English
    Quickly learn essential medical terminology! Both engaging and interactive, Building a Medical Vocabulary, 11th Edition introduces a step-by-step approach to effective communication in the healthcare environment. This text brilliantly intersperses traditional narrative and a variety of learning exercises with a programmed approach that gives you immediate feedback. Ideal for both the classroom setting or for self-study, it provides you with the building blocks to successfully communicate with other members of the healthcare team. Games, exercises, and additional resources on the companion Evolve website help reinforce learning. Spanish translations make this an invaluable resource in today’s multilingual healthcare settings.

  • Feneis. Nomenclatura anatómica ilustrada

    • 6th Edition
    • Wolfgang Dauber
    • Spanish
    Este libro de bolsillo es un verdadero clásico de la anatomía. Durante más de 50 años, Feneis se ha consolidado como un estándar de referencia: todos los términos anatómicos se explican mediante textos e ilustraciones de forma breve, concisa y precisa. La obra se basa en la completa y nueva Terminología Anatómica oficial definida por el FIPAT (Federative International Programme for Anatomical Terminology). Tres índices terminológicos, en latín, inglés y español, de gran ayuda para la traducción de los términos en publicaciones científicas y para la comunicación con especialistas de otros países. Más de 8.000 términos definidos de manera concisa e incluidos en al menos una de las más de 800 ilustraciones anatómicas. Una jerarquía clara de los términos permite la rápida orientación dentro de la anatomía. Destinada a estudiantes de Medicina y Odontología, médicos, científicos y todos aquellos que desean alcanzar un correcto conocimiento de la terminología anatómica. Ideal para refrescar conceptos y para la preparación de exámenes.

  • The Language of Medicine

    • 12th Edition
    • Davi-Ellen Chabner
    • English
    Easily and effectively master medical terminology with Davi-Ellen Chabner's The Language of Medicine, 12th Edition! Using Chabner’s proven method of learning medical terms by studying them in the context of the human body, this highly-praised and best-selling text helps individuals of all educational backgrounds easily understand and remember important medical terminology by incorporating easy-to-follow explanations, logical and interesting examples, and countless reinforcement exercises. This new twelfth edition also features additional spotlight boxes on high-interest medical topics; updated medical scenario reports, laboratory tests, and clinical procedures; a new mini dictionary; additional in person stories, ADA-compliant resources, and more. No matter where your career path takes you, Chabner’s proven method for med term mastery will help keep you grounded.

  • Mastering Healthcare Terminology 6e , Custom Version for Ross Education

    • 6th Edition
    • Ross Education
    • English

  • Quick & Easy Medical Terminology

    • 9th Edition
    • Peggy C. Leonard
    • English

  • Basic Medical Language with Flash Cards

    • 6th Edition
    • Danielle LaFleur Brooks + 2 more
    • English
    The perfect text for a shorter medical terminology course, Basic Medical Language, 6th Edition provides the foundation you need to confidently communicate with other members of your health care team. This basic medical vocabulary text focuses on building word skills by explaining a carefully selected group of suffixes, prefixes, and combining forms to provide the basis for recognizing and defining hundreds of medical terms. Clear, illustrated lessons present terms by body system, introducing word parts and providing review exercises that ask you to define terms or combine word parts to create terms. The new edition of this text also reinforces what you’ve learned with case studies, images, exercises and carefully crafted Evolve resources.

  • Medical Language Instant Translator

    • 6th Edition
    • Davi-Ellen Chabner
    • English
    Find quick, practical explanations of specialized medical terminology! Davi-Ellen Chabner’s Medical Language Instant Translator, 6th Edition provides a handy reference that’s ideal for everyday use in the classroom and in the health care environment. Access key information on diagnostic tests and procedures, commonly misunderstood medical terms, and interpreting medical reports. Find coverage of the top 100 prescription drugs, medical abbreviations, symbols, and acronyms, and more. Based on Chabner’s The Language of Medicine, this compact resource makes it easier to understand complicated medical terms and communicate more effectively.