Health Information Technology: Medical terminology
Provides starting points for research in TCC's HIT Program
Medical terminology books from the TCC library
Medical terminology for health careers by Call Number: Main Collection R123.E88 2007Publication Date: 2007
Medical dictionaries from the TCC library
Dorland's illustrated medical dictionary by Call Number: Reference R121 .D73 2012Publication Date: 2012
Mosby's dictionary of medicine, nursing and health professions by Call Number: Reference R121.M89 2017Publication Date: 2016
Web sites
- Des Moines University: Online Medical Terminology CourseA free online course in medical terminology. Can simply be used as an online reference source for medical terminology. Use the navigation on the left to browse terms related to the circulatory system, nervous system, etc.
- University of Minnesota: Introduction to Medical TerminologyProvides an overview of what medical terminology is and how it works, as well as common prefixes, suffixes, and root words.
- MedlinePlus: Understanding Medical WordsThis tutorial teaches you about medical words. You'll learn about how to put together parts of medical words. You'll also find quizzes to see what you've learned.
- MedlinePlus: Word Parts and What They MeanContains a list of prefixes, suffixes, and root words and their meanings.
- Understanding Medical Words: A Tutorial from the National Library of MedicineA tutorial about how to understand medical words, from MedlinePlus.
- MedlinePlus: Medical EncyclopediaIncludes over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. It also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations.
Medical terminology video tutorial
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