Medical Words Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine

The National Library of Medicine has a new medical words online tutorial for consumers. This includes instruction about meanings of root words, word parts, putting word parts together, and abbreviations that are commonly used in health care settings. Through this tutorial the public can find useful tips in decoding terms about classes of body parts, procedures, and conditions. Also helpful are explanations of Greek root words and abbreviations used on prescription labels. Links to MedlinePlus medical dictionary, tables of medical word parts and corresponding meanings, and tables of common abbreviations and corresponding meanings are included at the end of the tutorial.