HHS 610 Medical Language (3 credits)

Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): Bachelor’s degree or permission of the instructor.
Taught: Fall, spring, summer
Understanding the roots of words used in medical terminology is critical to success in the health care field. This course focuses on learning word parts, including prefixes, suffixes, and roots, and the combination of these parts to form complex symptomatic, diagnostic, operative, and therapeutic medical terms.
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