Medical Terminology for Healthcare Professionals, 9th edition

• The word-building approach is logical, simple, and proven. Students can easily build medical terms using color-coded commonly used word parts—preparing them to learn any new medical terminology, in any healthcare field, now and into the future

• The Building Your Medical Vocabulary sections present all words in alphabetical order. This format shows those terms with the same prefix, word root, and/or combining form together, thereby reinforcing the ease of learning medical terminology using the Rice approach.

• Combining Forms Tables with meanings are included in the Building Your Medical Vocabulary sections in each body system chapter, making it easier for students to quickly learn the foundations of key terms related to each system.

Innovative pedagogy, including extensive opportunities to deepen understanding through practice

• NEW: Insights familiarize readers with some of the latest coding terminology being used in The Complete Official Codebook ICD-10-CM, 2016, better preparing them for their healthcare careers.

• Three Study and Review exercise sections integrated into each chapter create an engaging and interactive text, offering students practice opportunities immediately after they learn the material.

• UPDATED: Practical Application exercises based on medical records in Electronic Health Record (EHR) format prepare students to work with the electronic healthcare delivery systems they’ll use in their careers. These exercises challenge readers to apply their understanding of chapter content and include a variety of medical record analyses and ICD-10-CM terminology questions.

• ALERT! call-outs offer singular to plural spelling tips and other handy suggestions.

• Rule Reminders stress essential rules, reinforcing the concepts students need to understand medical terminology

• FYI features provide interesting medical tidbits and lore—piquing students interest, helping them broaden their knowledge, and introducing them to the culture of medicine.

• UPDATED: Drug Highlights present essential pharmacology information that relates to the subject of the chapter. The trade names of drugs and their availability were verified at the time of this text’s publication in order to provide the most up-to-date information possible.

• Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests provide an overview of current tests and procedures that are used in the physical assessment and diagnosis of certain conditions/diseases.

• Case Study vignettes with exercises link medical terminology to real healthcare clients and careers.  

• Valuable reference appendices (a Glossary of Word Parts, List of Abbreviations and Symbols, and Laboratory Reference Values) offer essential reference information students can use throughout their careers.  

• UPDATED: Vibrant and instructive images—including anatomically precise diagrams and drawings, authentic medical photographs, and engaging labeling activities—support today's visual learners.

Broad coverage that goes far beyond many medical terminology books  

Innovative pedagogy, including extensive opportunities to deepen understanding through practice

• Insights familiarize readers with some of the latest coding terminology being used in The Complete Official Codebook ICD-10-CM, 2016, better preparing them for their healthcare careers.

• UPDATED: Practical Application exercises based on medical records in Electronic Health Record (EHR) format prepare students to work with the electronic healthcare delivery systems they’ll use in their careers. These exercises challenge readers to apply their understanding of chapter content and include a variety of medical record analyses and ICD-10-CM terminology questions.

• UPDATED: Drug Highlights present essential pharmacology information that relates to the subject of the chapter. The trade names of drugs and their availability were verified at the time of this text’s publication in order to provide the most up-to-date information possible.

• UPDATED: Vibrant and instructive images–including anatomically precise diagrams and drawings, authentic medical photographs, and engaging labeling activities–support today's visual learners.