How does medical terminology help in the medical field?

Understanding Words and there meanings often can help you understand locations of vital organs and the functions of the body. If you don't know the medical terminology, you will be lost in a medical career and could potentially hurt someone because some Words are so similar. It is also very easy to make a distinction between illnesses and treatments if you understand Word spellings, meanings but also pronunciation plays a large role in this. Without knowing the medical terminologies, people in a hospital setting might get confused on how to work with a patient or how to treat their ailments.

As a medical assistant, it helped shorten what the person was c/o (complaining of). Sometimes the patients like to fire out a bunch of things, and you have a little area to write down the problem. It is a lot easier and faster to write down then to spell it out completely.

you tell me which is easier to write down:

NPO or nothing by mouth

Dx or diagnoses

STD or sexually transmitted disease

CPR or cardiac pulmonary resuscitation

qid or four times a day?

bid or twice a day.

If I wanted to tell doctor:

"Patient complaining of pain in abdomen everyday and shortness of breath."

it's a lot simpler writing it this way:

Pt c/o pain in abd qd and SOB.

see the difference? hope this helps you!