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Guide for Medical Terminology assignment

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Your Assignment

Assignment Instructions:

Download and save the AHS 100 Medical Terminology Library Assignment with your last name first and ahs100 library (for example, smithj ahs100 library).

Search a library database for a peer-reviewed medical article on the disease of your choice. Use the Find Articles tab in this guide to select a database to search.

Read the article you chose and do the following:

Identify 16 medical terms you found in the article.
Define the 16 terms using a dictionary/textbook. Use the Find Definitions tab in this guide to find online dictionaries.
Cite APA citation the article you selected. Use the APA Style tab in this guide for resources on creating the citation.
Include a link to your article in the assignment.