MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

This course introduces students to the language of medicine. It addresses the principles of medical word construction and analysis, including prefixes, suffixes, word roots, and combining forms, and develops students' medical vocabulary and fluency. Students learn terminology used to describe the structure and function of the human body, its disorders and pathologies, and the clinical procedures and treatments applied in health care. Upon successful completion, students will be able to analyze and construct medical terms, define and correctly use terminology related to body systems, and interpret medical terms encountered in clinical and diagnostic documentation.