Acquiring Medical Language approaches medical language not as words to be memorized but as a language to be learned. This text teaches students to break down words into their composite parts. The authors use illustrations of body systems, term blocks that include specific word roots, examples containing that root, and interesting facts to make the information memorable. This approach exposes students to all the relevant information (the root, its meaning, its use), so they see how it relates to the other roots in the context of the body system.
After introducing the student to the important roots and the medical terms relevant to the body system, the roots are presented using SOAP as the organizational framework. SOAP stands for the four general parts of a medical note: Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan.
New to This Edition●Every chapter includes updated abbreviations.●Body system chapters contain word tables organized by categories, such as pharmacology, radiology, oncology, and health professions ●This edition expands coverage on a variety of health professions.●This edition expands coverage of sexually transmitted diseases, eye conditions, gastrointestinal diagnoses and hepatitis, and the process of fertilization●The text now includes exercises that correlate with assignable, auto-graded activities within Connect for more efficient and productive learning.

About the Authors:

Steven L. Jones holds a B.A. in Greek and Latin from Baylor University; an M.A. in Greek, Latin, and classical studies from Bryn Mawr College, and a Ph.D. in classics from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Jones has held previous faculty appointments at Trinity University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Baylor University. Currently, he teaches medical terminology at Rice University in Houston, Texas. He is also assistant professor of classics at Houston Baptist University, where he serves as chair of the Department of Classics and Biblical Languages and as director of the Master of Arts in Biblical Languages Program. He teaches courses in Latin, Greek, classical civilization, early Christianity, and the classical roots of medical language.

Andrew Cavanagh holds a B.S. in genetics from Texas A&M University and an M.D. from Texas A&M College of Medicine. After completing his residency at Palmetto Health Children's Hospital, he joined the pediatric practice of the Austin Regional Clinic. In addition to being board certified in pediatrics, Dr. Cavanagh has served as the pediatric specialty chief for Dell Children's Medical Center and on the board of Dell Children's Medical Center Executive Committee. He is currently clinical assistant professor of pediatrics at the Texas A&M College of Medicine.

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