The Language of Medicine, 9e

The market-leader in medical terminology, Chabner's popular, proven The text of drugs brings medical language one's helping you develop the understanding to talk fluently inside healthcare setting. Terms and sophisticated medical processes can be found and simple to comprehend whatsoever learning levels with an approach that explains terms poor anatomy and physiology, along with how a body works in health insurance disease.


Organized by body system, this combined text/workbook details additional key aspects of medical care, such as cancer and psychiatry, and is also combined with full-color illustrations, exercises, and different supplemental resources that reinforce your comprehension and allow you to establish the practical foundation to get a successful career in healthcare.

• Clear, straightforward approach makes content straightforward with no previous medical or scientific background.
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• Text/workbook combination facilitates valuable independent study opportunities through labeling exercises, pronunciation tests, and review sheets.
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• Practical case studies, vignettes, and exercises familiarize you with real-life uses of terminology.
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• Full-color images reinforce anatomical and pathophysiological terms.
• Pronunciation of Terms list following each chapter reduces terms phonetically that may help you master proper pronunciations.
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• Medical report exercises in each chapter utilize chart notes, histories, and reports to offer you practice utilizing realistic documents.
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• Additional pathology photos clarify terminology and enable you to identify health conditions you might encounter in practice.
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• Updated content reflects the most up-to-date advances in gastrointestinal tract operative procedures, the human being genome project, normal values for tests in practical applications, and muscle function.
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• The companion CD tests your skill to recognize terms by their pronunciation and offers a great, engaging strategy to review terms through games, study tips, photographs, video clips, and animations.
• A companion Evolve website enables you to assess knowing about it with quizzes for every chapter that supply immediate feedback to help you identify specific areas for review.