Medical Language Guide

About Medical Language Guide Android App

Understanding Medical Language:

The majority of medical terminology used in healthcare contains prefixes and suffixes that are parts of a word that can be broken down to give you a better understanding of a word’s definition. Learning the meaning of one new prefix or suffix can greatly increase your vocabulary and allow you find out the meaning of many unfamiliar words without having to pull out a medical dictionary in the middle of a hospital or healthcare setting. This method is by far a much more effective and efficient way of learning new words especially medical terminology.


Understanding the prefix and suffix of the word below we can make an educated guess on what the definition of this medical terminology is before using a medical dictionary.

Cardiotoxicity
Prefix: "Cardio-" (heart)
Root: "Toxic"
Suffix: "-ity" ( a state or condition)

The Medical Language Guide app is an organized and simple way of learning the meaning of many prefixes and suffixes commonly used in medicine, nursing, healthcare and science in general. Medical Language Guide can be a very helpful tool for students and employees or anyone simply wanting to learn medical terminology. Common medical abbreviations used in hospital and clinical settings can also easily be searched to find out their meaning. Understanding medical language and abbreviations is an important skill to have for anyone in healthcare and the Medical Language Guide app is specifically designed for this purpose.

Key features include:
- Easily search Prefixes
- Easily search Suffixes
- Easily search Abbreviations
- Save Favorites
- Quiz Mode to help you study
- Share with friends