HC 126 - Medical Terminology For Medical Assisting

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Monroe College-New Rochelle

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3 credits This course is designed to provide the student with an understanding of the terminology used in medicine. This course focuses on understanding and using the medical terms by examining and identifying the component parts of medical terms: prefixes, suffixes and word roots. Students will practice formation, analysis and reconstruction of the medical terms. Emphasis will be placed on spelling, definition, enunciation/pronunciation and proper use of the terms. Students will also be introduced to operative, diagnostic, therapeutic and symptomatic terminology of all body systems, as well as systemic and surgical terminology. In a course of this nature, student involvement is expected, encouraged and required.

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3.00

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Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Unaccounted for code

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