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So, this is only my second semester as a premed student and one of the electives i decided to take was medical terminology. this is, BY FAR, the best class i will ever take. let me be clear that the class itself is totally pointless. i dont even go except for the tests. but the book is absolutely phenomenal. since we are all pretty much in the same boat, i think it would be an excellent idea if ALL OF YOU invested in getting, but more importantly, READING (and studying :) ) this book.
it teaches you how to dissect almost every medical term, figure out what they mean, and then how to build the words yourself. there are countless pages of diseases and causes, treatments and tests for each one. how and why they effect you. if you spend a lot of time researching your symptoms online, hoping you'll find an answer, i think you may be better off reading this book.
"The Language of Medicine, Eighth Edition" by Davi-Ellen Chabner
ISBN: 1-4160-3492-7
ISBN-13: 978-1-4160-3492-6
it is 22 chapters long, each chapter takes me approx 3 hours to read and learn the material. 1 day a week, or a little bit each night, i promise you it is the best thing you can do for yourself.
i hope all of you will consider it.
PS. DO NOT buy a used copy.. to learn this there are pages full of space for you to write in, and if someones used that space, you're going to have a much harder time learning it.
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