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A free, online tutorial from
the National Library of Medicine
that teaches you about many
of the words related
to your health care
Do you have trouble understanding some of the words that your doctor or other health-care provider uses? Now you can learn about them with a free, colorful, and easy-to-use set of lessons on the Internet. There are quizzes to help you mark your progress, with topics like these:
- Word Roots: The "root" of a medical word is often a body part, like "derm" (skin) in dermatitis.
- Beginnings and Endings: hyper- (above normal); hypo- (below normal)
- Abbreviations: MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging), a test that uses images of your body
- Medical Dictionary: A direct link to the MedlinePlus.gov medical dictionary
