HPR 178 Medical Terminology

3 Credit hours     45 Contact hours

Introduces the student to the structure of medical terms with emphasis on using and combining the most common prefixes, roots, and suffixes. Includes terms related to major body systems, oncology, psychiatry, as well as clinical laboratory and diagnostic procedures and imaging. Class structure provides accepted pronunciation of terms and relative use in a healthcare setting.  This course is for students in the Allied Health fields.