Building a Medical Vocabulary

by Peggy C. Leonard

Book Overview

Building a Medical Vocabulary, 4th Edition, teaches you the fundamental word parts that make up the language of health care - and then explores how these word parts are used to construct more complex terms. This cumulative, "building block" approach makes it easier for you to learn the vocabulary covered in the book...and equips you to recognize and analyze the new terms that you'll encounter throughout your career! Each chapter focuses on a separate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0721646905
• ISBN13: 9780721646909
• Release Date: December 1992
• Publisher: W.B. Saunders Company
• Length: 558 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Medical Terminology book review

This book was required for an online college course I was taking. The book is layed out in a nice format and is easy to follow. The CD that comes with the book is quite helpful when preparing for exams and quizzes.

Excellent Book to go through prior to taking CPC course

I am an instructor for the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) Professional Medical Coding Curriculum (PMCC) and often recommend this book as a way for a student to be fully prepared to take our course.I love the CD ROM with the excercises (that's the instructor in me :) as well as the fact that there are pronunciations. This is truly a "self study" course and I highly recommend it.Laureen Jandroep, OTR, CPC, CCS-P A+ Medical Management & Education...

Excellent addition to an MT course

As a provider of Medical Transcriptionist training, I wouldn't suggest people try to replace a comprehensive course with this book. But anyone would profit by adding it to their course materials. It is particularly strong in supporting retention, which is a rare quality in textbooks.

Better than my "correspondence school" tutorial!

Wow! I wish I had found this before I blew two weeks salary on a medical transcription course. This book covered more ground than the manuals that I received, and for a fraction of the cost. Without this book I don't think I would ever have picked up the terminology - and I would have missed out on such a great career! (2 years and going strong!)

The best medical terminology book that I've seen!

I read this book cover-to-cover during a Medical Transcription certificate program and was really impressed with the format. The order in which the terms are presented and the fill-in-the-blank sections are excellent for testing and retesting yourself. The answers to the tests are in the back of the book so that you can be sure you answered the questions correctly. I have seen other medical terminology books on the market, but none compare to this one for ease of learning!