Medical Terminology & Abbreviations Rachel R Walden, MLIS [email_address]

Strategies for Building Your Knowledge Read (and look up unfamiliar terms) Medical News (such as in MDConsult, online newspapers) Journal articles of interest Attend lectures or view taped lectures Study roots, suffixes, and prefixes Use pronunciation resources Word of the Day Explore MeSH Purchased workbooks and tools

Read (and look up unfamiliar terms)

Medical News (such as in MDConsult, online newspapers)

Journal articles of interest

Attend lectures or view taped lectures

Study roots, suffixes, and prefixes

Use pronunciation resources

Word of the Day

Explore MeSH

Purchased workbooks and tools

Resources: Finding Definitions Dictionaries such as Stedman’s or Dorland’s, MedlinePlus MeSH browser in PubMed Google search – define:word Example define:pericarditis Assorted online dictionaries

Dictionaries such as Stedman’s or Dorland’s, MedlinePlus

MeSH browser in PubMed

Google search – define:word

Example define:pericarditis

Assorted online dictionaries

Resources: Subject-Specific Diabetes Dictionary: http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/dictionary/index.htm Dictionary of Radiological Terms: http://remm.nlm.nih.gov/dictionary.htm Digestive Diseases Dictionary (currently being updated): http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/dictionary/ Kidney Diseases Dictionary: http:// kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/kdictionary / NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms: http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary/ NCI Drug Dictionary: http:// www.cancer.gov/drugdictionary / Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms: http:// www.genome.gov/glossary.cfm Sexual Health Glossary: http://www.ashastd.org/learn/learn_glossary_A_D.cfm Urologic Diseases Dictionary: http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/udictionary/ Martinale (links to others): http://www.martindalecenter.com/MedicalD_Dict.html

Diabetes Dictionary: http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/dictionary/index.htm

Dictionary of Radiological Terms: http://remm.nlm.nih.gov/dictionary.htm

Digestive Diseases Dictionary (currently being updated): http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/dictionary/

Kidney Diseases Dictionary: http:// kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/kdictionary /

NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms: http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary/

NCI Drug Dictionary: http:// www.cancer.gov/drugdictionary /

Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms: http:// www.genome.gov/glossary.cfm

Sexual Health Glossary: http://www.ashastd.org/learn/learn_glossary_A_D.cfm

Urologic Diseases Dictionary: http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/udictionary/

Martinale (links to others): http://www.martindalecenter.com/MedicalD_Dict.html

Resources: Pronunciation Merck Manual Home Edition: http:// www.merck.com/mmhe/resources/pronunciations/index/a.html Medical Terminology Jukebox: http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID =GEN504 Listen to PodCasts: http://casesblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/podcasts-from-conferences-of-university.html and http://casesblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/your-spreadsheet-becomes-wiki-lets-make.html

Merck Manual Home Edition: http:// www.merck.com/mmhe/resources/pronunciations/index/a.html

Medical Terminology Jukebox: http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID =GEN504

Listen to PodCasts: http://casesblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/podcasts-from-conferences-of-university.html and http://casesblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/your-spreadsheet-becomes-wiki-lets-make.html

Resources: Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_Prefixes%2C_Suffixes%2C_and_Combining_Forms Ex: find prefixes meaning “slow,” “bladder” http://ec.hku.hk/mt/ Ex: find suffixes meaning “pain,” “puncture” http://msjensen.cehd.umn.edu/1135/med_term_activites/ Terminology workbooks

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_Prefixes%2C_Suffixes%2C_and_Combining_Forms

Ex: find prefixes meaning “slow,” “bladder”

http://ec.hku.hk/mt/

Ex: find suffixes meaning “pain,” “puncture”

http://msjensen.cehd.umn.edu/1135/med_term_activites/

Terminology workbooks

Resources: Abbreviations Flashmed - http://www.flash-med.com/Abbreviation.asp Example: find “IM” Biomedical Abbreviation Server - http://abbreviation.stanford.edu/ Ex: find what “CABG,” “TRALI” stand for Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_medical_abbreviations and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_abbreviations_used_in_medical_prescriptions Ex: find abbreviation meaning a drug should be administered 3x per day

Flashmed - http://www.flash-med.com/Abbreviation.asp

Example: find “IM”

Biomedical Abbreviation Server - http://abbreviation.stanford.edu/

Ex: find what “CABG,” “TRALI” stand for

Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_medical_abbreviations and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_abbreviations_used_in_medical_prescriptions

Ex: find abbreviation meaning a drug should be administered 3x per day

Resources: Abbreviations, con’t JCAHO “Do Not Use” Abbreviations - http://www.jointcommission.org/PatientSafety/DoNotUseList/

JCAHO “Do Not Use” Abbreviations - http://www.jointcommission.org/PatientSafety/DoNotUseList/

Resources: Eponyms whonamedit.com Example: Addison’s Disease Wikipedia (pages for eponymous diseases, signs, and anatomical features) Print reference works on eponyms

whonamedit.com

Example: Addison’s Disease

Wikipedia (pages for eponymous diseases, signs, and anatomical features)

Print reference works on eponyms

Resources: Word of the Day Stedman’s: http://www.stedmans.com/section.cfm/9 Tabers: http:// www.tabers.com/tabersonline/ub ? MedTerms: http://www.medterms.com/script/main/hp.asp

Stedman’s: http://www.stedmans.com/section.cfm/9

Tabers: http:// www.tabers.com/tabersonline/ub ?

MedTerms: http://www.medterms.com/script/main/hp.asp

Games & Quizzes Quia: http://www.quia.com/shared/med/ , http://www.quia.com/shared/search?category=15176 FreeNurseTutor: http://www.freenursetutor.com/home/

Quia: http://www.quia.com/shared/med/ ,

http://www.quia.com/shared/search?category=15176

FreeNurseTutor: http://www.freenursetutor.com/home/