Medical Terminology 2e (OpenRN)
by Kimberly Ernstmeyer, MSN, RN; Elizabeth Christman, DNP, RN (editors) · Open Resources for Nursing (OpenRN), Chippewa Valley Technical College / LibreTexts
An openly licensed textbook, seventeen chapters long, that applies word-part analysis to every body system plus obstetrics. Readers finish able to decode diagnostic, surgical, therapeutic, and symptomatic terms and the abbreviations attached to them.
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