A good Medical Terminology course will give you the ability to understand almost every word or phrase thrown at you. Medicine has a language all its own and is based predominantly in Latin. Knowing the meaning of root words, prefixes, and suffixes allow you to have intelligent conversations with anyone you come into contact with in the medical setting. If you have the ability to understand a diagnosis or symptom you will be one step ahead of the game when it comes time to scan. With the availability of information close at hand through the internet, you can look up any word or phrase almost immediately, but having basic understanding is still imperative.