How long does it take to read Medical Terminology?
Medical Terminology by Marjorie Canfield Willis takes about 12 hours 21 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 12 hours 21 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1996. 674 pages, about 185,350 words.
25 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 20 hours 36 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 12 hours 21 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 43 minutes |
The page count is the median across 21 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A text demonstrating how medical terminology is used in clinical practice. After material on the origin of medical language, basic term components, and common forms and symbols for documenting patient care, chapters on various body systems outline anatomical terms and terms related to symptoms, diagnoses, tests, surgeries, and therapies, and include practice exercises with space for answers, and medical record analysis exercises based on real-life cases. Includes a color atlas with photos and diagrams, and color and b&w photos throughout.
Subjects: Medicine, Nomenclature, Terminology, English, Terms and phrases, Names
