Medical Terminology

Catalog description

Students in the Medical Terminology course will gain the knowledge needed to navigate the intricate vocabulary of healthcare. Students will be introduced to medical terminology and common medical abbreviations including medical root words, prefixes, and suffixes. By the end of this course, students will have basic comprehension, and fluency of medical terms and be able to apply them to body systems within the health sciences environment. Disclaimer: Students cannot receive credit for BIO220-D and HSC360 as they are considered duplicative.