Medical Terminology ((3 Units))

Catalog description

This course provides a solid foundation and understanding of the medical language used by healthcare professionals through the introduction, reinforcement, and combination of medical word parts including prefixes, suffixes, word roots, and combining forms. Emphasis is placed on word building, analysis of word parts, spelling, special endings, plural forms, correct pronunciation of terminology related to body systems, procedures, and diseases of the various body systems. Commonly used abbreviations and symbols will also be introduced.