Has anyone taken a medical terminology class?

[PineappleGirl]

So, I have some extra room in my schedule for next semester and was looking around for 2 credit courses when I spied this course called "Medical Terminology". It's offered in the graduate school as part of the biotechnology program. It's pretty much the only course I could take for 2 credits aside from taking some random exercise classes or more EMS certifications. Has anyone taken a course like this before? Did you find it helpful? What was covered in your class?

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[nairay]

I took a medical terminology class in undergrad. It was offered by the Classics department. I really liked it, it was easy (a very easy A), and I found it interesting. We learned lots of greek and latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes and lots of different medical terms from the different systems with combinations of the different parts. I still have the book for fun.

And the longest word we learned was something to the effect of pneumopulmonvolcanoconiosis, which was (if i recall correctly) a disease of the lungs from volcanic ash, or something like that.

My recommendation, go for it.

 

[Dr. Starostik]

I just finished taking it as a summer course! I absolutely LOVED it!! It was offered by the Classics Department and the female that taught it always told us about the Greek mythologies in connection to the Greek terms. I also learned about the origins of the English language and I learned about the history of medicine. Now, I get so excited when I see medical terms because I can tell you its etymology. Just rememer to use flash cards for this-it was almost pure memorization.

 

[Dr. Starostik]

That's funny. The longest word I learned was a type of phobia, a phobia of long words (ironic, isn't it). It was something like hippopotomontros???????phobia.

 

[jbrice1639]

That's funny. The longest word I learned was a type of phobia, a phobia of long words (ironic, isn't it). It was something like hippopotomontros???????phobia.

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia