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Medical Terminology: A Living Language (3rd Edition)

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The book is excellent. However, I had to purchase a medical dictionary to enhance understanding and retention of the material. The book could be made more user friendly by including explanations of ALL Greek words (e.g., angina means pain).

I ordered 30 of these for my Med Terms students, 2nd day delivery. They started arriving the next day--1,2,3, or 4 at a time. Don't know how they decided to do it this way, and it did make reconciliation more difficult, but all 30 made it on time.

The text itself is one of the best of many med terms books on the market right now. And the online support from the publisher is amazing. Strongly recommend the text for a body systems-based approach, and strongly recommend Amazon as the shipper.

So far I have only digested three chapters of this textbook. The functional "workbook" format has been very helpful and well thought out. The study CDROM has a useful audio glossary for chapter terms. The collection of diagrams and images are applied well throughout the book. The variety of end of chapter exercises serves well as add on reinforcement for comprehensive learning.

I purchased this book purely based on assisting me through my Nursing and I must say that I have no regrets with this book. I actually prefer it over my Anatomy & Physiology book as it is straight to the point and gives the essential information needed as well. The book also played a strong role in my medical terminology. I would recommend this book to anyone.

I was required to have this book for my Medical Terminology class. I found the set up to work well. The "homework" at the end of each chapter really helped me remember what I learned the chapters. I think it could have been more detailed on the diseases etc. But a pretty good book which I will continue to use as a reference.

I bought this book for a class that I took, and I am definitely going to be keeping it. It was very clear and concise, and the exercises in the book and on the CD were fantastic at helping you make sure you understand what you read. And the exercise on the CD were in fun formats. The appendices and glossary/index were a lot better and more extensive than I was expecting.

Book is pretty good. Good descriptions, lots of pictures, and lots and lots of words :) I have learned a lot from this book.

Compared to another medical terminology book I tried ("Quick Medical Terminology: A Self-Teaching Guide, 4th edition," by Shirley Soltesz Steiner; ISBN-10: 0131589989, ISBN-13: 978-0131589988), this is:

(1) Less redundant

(2) More visual and more colorful - it includes photographs as well as artwork and medical imaging (X-rays, MRI's, scanning electron micrographs, etc.)

(3) Aims to teach you more anatomy, physiology, and pathology - it's not super-detailed, but I think it does give a pretty good overview

(4) More of a traditional textbook (whereas "Quick Medical Terminology" was more like a workbook)

Each body system is presented as a different chapter. The first page of each chapter describes the functions of that system, the organs comprising the system, and lists related prefixes, combining forms, and suffixes. It's a pretty handy cheat sheet if you're short on time, but are able to think on your own (some people require actual word examples, while others are able to take the parts and synthesize them together into a whole on their own).

The chapter review has a more comprehensive terminology checklist if you want more specific review, as well as various exercises with which to test yourself. I especially like the "Medical Record Analysis" and "Chart Note Transcription," where you basically have to decipher whatever someone else has written, or else re-write the layperson language using proper medical terminology. It's a little more fun than fill-in-the-blank and matching, and presumably, it gives you some practice with charting, which I assume your career will involve if you're taking a medical terminology class.

I like the way the book is organized in general.

(1) The font and size are easy to read.

(2) Many things are listed in table form, and the tables themselves are very clean-looking.

(3) There are "Med Term Tips" in the margins relating the terms you're learning to real-world things.

(4) New terms to be introduced in the following section are listed directly under the section heading. They let you know what to expect, and what you should have learned after finishing reading that section. The terms are bolded here, and within the text.

I have not yet used the included CD, and don't know if I plan to, since I feel that the book does a pretty good job of explaining things, and for anything else, I can consult the internet.

Overall, based on the format, visuals, and incorporation of real-world applications, I feel that this book is more practical, higher yield, and a better investment than "Quick Medical Terminology."

The only "bad" thing is that it's kind of awkward to study it at work or some other public place, as there are lots of pictures of naked people and gross-looking pathologies. =P

I got the book very quickly. Book was in great shape. It was well taken care of and got to me with no problems.

Concise and easy to follow textbook. Plenty of supplemental study tools if you get the full version with the CD-Rom. The product was as described and received in a timely manner.