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Estimated Publish Date
June 2024
Medical Terminology 2nd Edition
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Overview
Master medical language through clear explanations and practice exercises for healthcare careers.
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Estimated Dates
Digital Textbook: Available Now
Print Textbook: Available Now
Audiobook: August 2025
Next Edition: 2029
Print Textbook: Available Now
Audiobook: August 2025
Next Edition: 2029
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Annual Student Impact
3,431 students | 3,026 high school students | $657,839 student savings
Medical Terminology is a foundational textbook designed to help students master the language of healthcare. It focuses on the components of medical terms, including prefixes, suffixes, and word roots, and introduces diagnostic, therapeutic, surgical, and symptomatic terminology related to all body systems. This resource provides a clear and systematic approach to understanding and using medical terminology in real-world healthcare settings. With practical examples and exercises, students will build the vocabulary and confidence needed to communicate effectively in clinical environments. Ideal for aspiring healthcare professionals, this textbook is an essential tool for anyone preparing for a career in medicine, nursing, or allied health fields.
This textbook is part of the WisTech Open collection and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).
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You are free to:
– Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
– Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially
Under the following terms:
– Attribution — You must give appropriate credit to WisTech Open, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests WisTech Open endorses you or your use.
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
First edition funded by WiLS Ideas to Action Fund Second edition funded by U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration grant and State of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Technical College System funding for Open Educational Resources