HSC 1531 - Medicalterminology- aa

Institution:

Florida SouthWestern State College

Subject:

Health Sciences/Resources

Description:

3 class hours 3 Credits Prerequisites: none This course is designed to provide a basis for understanding, utilizing, and pronouncing the vocabulary used by health care professionals. The language of medicine becomes understandable through the study of word roots, combining forms, prefixes, and suffixes. Major disease processes and pathological conditions of specific body systems are discussed along with diagnostic and surgical terms. Classroom exercises are included to help form and pronounce words and define word roots. This course has no accompanying laboratory and therefore cannot be used to meet the science requirement at Edison College.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.fsw.edu

Phone Number:

(239) 489-9300

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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