The language of medicine
Davi-Ellen Chabner.
- Seven edition.
- St. Louis, Mo. Saunders/Elsevier 2004.
- xxiv, 1000 pages ill. (chiefly col.) 28 cm. 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Basic word structure -- Terms pertaining to the body as a whole -- Suffixes -- Prefixes -- Digestive system -- Additional suffixes and digestive system terminology -- Urinary system -- Female reproductive system -- Male reproductive system -- Nervous system -- Cardiovascular system -- Respiratory system -- Blood system -- Lymphatic and immune systems -- Musculoskeletal system -- Skin -- Sense organs: the eye and the ear -- Endocrine system -- Cancer medicine (Oncology) -- Radiology, nuclear medicine, and radiation therapy -- Pharmacology -- Psychiatry -- Plurals -- Abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols -- Normal hematologic reference values and implications of abnormal results -- Drugs -- Complementary and alternative medicine terms.