Features:
*3400 medical words and word components including common prefixes and suffixes
*alphabetical listing of all terms for ready reference
*illustrations of body systems
*common diseases with signs, symptoms, and treatments
*diagnostic and surgical procedures
*up-to-date medical vocabulary
*side-of-page shading for easy navigation
Janet Duffey is a professor of nursing at Napa Valley College in Napa, California. She teaches medical terminology to nursing students, as well as medical surgical, geriatrics, and mental health nursing, and contributed to the 19th edition of
Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary. She has spoken frequently at nursing conferences.
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