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<h1>Understanding Medical Words: A Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine<span class="registered">®</span></h1>
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edlinePlus<span class="registered">®</span> now includes a <a href="//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/medicalwords.html">tutorial</a> on understanding medical words. Entitled "Understanding Medical Words" (see <a href="#fig1">Figure 1</a>), it is an introduction for consumers who want to learn more about what their doctor is saying. The tutorial is a Flash movie and includes interactive quizzes (see <a href="#fig2">Figure 2</a>). Users learn how to put together parts of medical words, using word roots, prefixes and suffixes. Lessons are reinforced with graphics. The tutorial includes fun tips for remembering meanings. There are also two appendices listing word parts and what they mean (see <a href="//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/appendixa.html">Appendix A</a>) and some common medical abbreviations and acronyms (see <a href="//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/appendixb.html">Appendix B</a>).
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