A Guide to Medical Terminology

Abstract

This study guide is targeted for students at the second (Master) training level majoring in the specialties that fall within the 22 “Healthcare” branch of knowledge. It focuses on splitting medical terms into their component parts, spelling and pronouncing medical terms, as well as learning the meanings of medical terms of Greek and Latin origins. Its main objectives are to: lay the students’ foundation in medical terminology and language; master students’ understanding and exploiting of essential anatomical and clinical terminology; and prepare students for taking the English Language Proficiency Test as a component of the first stage of the Unified State Qualification Examination. The study guide is organized into three units and six appendices that altogether present basic components of medical terms, elucidate language rules according to which medical terms are constructed and function, contain review exercises and flashcards that can be used to check and consequently improve learners’ knowledge and mastery of anatomical and clinical medical terminology. The study guide contains materials for classroom work as well as for selfstudy and self-control.