The Language of Medicine是全球最负盛名的医学英语教材，历经修订，编排方式科学，内容全面，实用性强，教材内容与医学实践联系紧密，易读易用，在世界范围内被各国医学生广泛认可，本书是其最新版第12版的影印版。全书前4章介绍医学英语的基本词汇结构、人体相关词汇、后缀、前缀，之后章节分别介绍消化系统、泌尿系统等人体各系统的专业词汇，对肿瘤学、影像学与核医学、药理学、精神病学词汇也单独设章进行介绍。全书最后附有术语表、迷你词典、常用缩写表、常用药物表等，其中迷你词典是第12版所特有。

1 Basic Word Structure
2 Terms Pertaining to the Body as a Whole
3 Suffixes
4 Prefixes
5 Digestive System
In Person: Living with Crohn's
6 Additional Suffixes and Digestive System Terminology
In Person: Cholecystectomy
7 Urinary System
In Person: Kidney Transplant
8 Female Reproductive System
In Person: Prophylactic Mastectomy
9 Male Reproductive System
In Person: Prostate Cancer
10 Nervous System
In Person: Sciatica
11 Cardiovascular System
In Person: Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
12 Respiratory System
In Person: Recurrent Pneumonia
13 Blood System
In Person: Autologous Stem Cell Transplant
14 Lymphatic and Immune Systems
In Person: Hodgkin Lymphoma
In Person: Lymphoma Treatment
15 Musculoskeletal System
In Person: Rotator Cuff Tear
In Person: Total Hip Arthroplasty
16 Skin
In Person: Metastatic Melanoma
17 Sense Organs: The Eye and the Ear
In Person: Retinal Tear
18 Endocrine System
In Person: Living with Diabetes
In Person: Diabetes Insipidus
In Person: My Cushing's Journey
19 Cancer Medicine (Oncology)
In Person: Radiotherapy
20 Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
In Person: CT and MRI
21 Pharmacology
22 Psychiatry
In Person: Living with Autism
MINI-DICTIONARY
GLOSSARY
Medical Word Parts-English
English-Medical Word Parts
APPENDIX I Plurals
APPENDIX II Abbreviations, Acronyms, Eponyms, and Symbols
APPENDIX III Normal Hematologic Reference Values and Implications of Abnormal Results
APPENDIX IV Drugs
Illustrations Credits
Index