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The Language of Medicine: A Write-In Text Explaining Medical Terms (Book with CD-ROM)

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I bought this book as a requirement for an independent study course. I wasn't required to buy the sixth edition but I did just the same and I found I made the right decision. I found the material easy to read with a friendly tone and an extremely useful presentation. The layout of the chapters and the excercises provided helped me to clearly understand, use, and learn the terms. I worked on this book without the aid of a teacher or classroom setting and I feel this book has made the difference between just memorizing material for a later test and really knowing the terms. Also, the CD-ROM that comes with this book made an excellent reference aid and a perfect way to test and reinforce my knowledge. (Clicking on the "figure" button in the multi-media program yielded some interesting surprises) As a result of using this book, I was able to achieve an excellent mark in the Medical Terminology module of my independent study course. I would recommend it to anyone who wants or needs to know their medical terms for any health related field.

Throughout my first year of med school I was always looking for a logical way to remember all of the terms we needed to learn. I looked for a lot of books that were similar to this one but this one is by far the best. It gives you a very straightforward way to look at medical terms. For instance, sialadenectomy means removal of the salivary gland. How do I know this? -ectomy means removal, sial means salivary, aden means gland. Trust me you will find a lot of other words that have sial, aden, and ectomy in them and you will be able to figure out what they mean. There are so many more examples that I don't want to bother going into them. Basically if you memorize the 1000 or so medical root words that are presented in this book, you will probably have mastery of over 30,000 medical terms.

I used this book between my first and second year of med school. I would recommend other med school students to do this as well. This book would be very time consuming to go through if you had minimal knowledge of the human body. I would say it would take someone an entire month (4-5 hours a day) to go through this book well if they don't know anything about medicine. It should take a med student a total of 50 hours if they have already gone through their basic science years.

Additionally, I always thought the exercises in the back of each chapter were too extensive and repetitive. But I also think too much is better than too little.

The CD contains a glossary like the back of the book. The glossary is an excellent source that really can be used throughout one's medical training.

I think our med school should have a 2 week course teaching this book. It would make life much easier.

In the sixth revision of The Language of Medicine Davi-Ellen Chabner updates an already comprehensive medical terminology book. Even the colors are high energy! From the cover colors to those used in photos and diagrams, it is a pleasure to review. From a learner's perspective, TLOM has it all. Chabner wants the learner to understand medical terminology not just learn it by rote memorization. In-text exercises with answers are offered as well as a CD which offers questions, answers, photos, video clips, pronunciation of terms and more. The welcome Instructor's Manual has been updated and expanded for educators. There is even a Web site which benefits both students and instructors with loads of material and the opportunity to have two-way communication. Medical terminology touches the lives of all of us. In the pursuit of life-long learning, The Language of Medicine would be beneficial for everyone's reference collection.

Note to Editors: I had previously written a review for the fifth edition of The Language of Medicine. The above is written specifically for the sixth edition. Could you substitute it, please? Thanks!

I love this book. I have had no prior medical terminology experience. This book is practical and laid out in an easy to understand format. It is a textbook with plenty of review exercises at the end of each chapter as well as interactive exercises on the CD. When you complete a chapter with all of the exercises you will know and understand the information presented. The text is arranged by body system which makes learning easier.

This book by Chabner is designed to help the premedical professional learn terminology by teaching how to break words apart and decode their meaning. Each chapter has a review of a specific topic and provides many opportunities, at the end of each chapter, to practice and review the material covered. The CD is the best part because it helps break up some of the monotony of learning the numerous prefixes, suffixes and word roots. The end of the book provides appendices for medical abbreviations, formulas and measurement. I highly recommend this book to anyone who needs to learn medical terminology.

The structure of this book makes it easy to follow and constantly involves you with writing terms to help learn and retain information.The anatomical sections are very user-friendly and explain complex medical terms in layman's terms. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn terminology and anatomy as it never overwhelms you.

this book is an excellent teaching device for anyone who is in the field of medicne thinking about going into the field of medicine or just interested in it, it breaks down the the words to the basics, medicine truly is another language and with this book it is easy to grasp the concept and learn the important things in medicine

This book is used for Medical Terminology at Collin County Community College in Plano, Texas. The book has an easy-to-follow format that helps a person like me, who has no background in the medical service field. I am using the book to prepare me for a career in sign interpretation. Thanks to a great study book, I no longer have "malaise" about medical nomenclature.

This book is really a great book. It makes figuring out and understanding medical terms a breeze. The exercises are incredibly easy because they are using the rote method. I think the author is using the rote method because it's pretty effective. The terms are clearly explained. The book is easy to follow and the CD that comes with it also uses rote. It might seem mindless, but after doing the 1st few chapters, I was able to read my A&P books without any problem (I have never taken A&P class yet). So if you need to understand and parse medical terms in a hurry, this is the book for you. It's well worth the price.

This book is the best one I've seen on medical terminology. There are numerous charts and pictures to further enhance the learning process, as well as many workbook-type exercises to test your knowledge. By the time you finish a chapter, you REALLY understand the information covered. I'm so glad to have the opportunity to study from this book.