Medical Word roots books

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Are these word root books/medical word root books worth while or just a waste of time in one's opinion when it comes to studying memorizing and retaining information? Anyone have experience using said books?

Thanks in advance!

 

[LaurenMD]

I didn't know there were books like that! During my first 1-2 years of med school, I made a running list of Latin and Greek roots that showed up in medical vocabulary. It was pretty cool to be able to figure out what a word like "telangiectasia" meant by piecing together "telos," "angeion," and "ektasis"

I mostly did it because I love learning about etymology - not because it actually saved me any time.

 

[futuremdforme]

I just look up "medical word I'm wondering about" "etymology" in Google. Reading a book is not useful, it would be like reading a dictionary.

 

[Frazier]

http://medymology.com

Cool site that I've used a number of times.
(I have no personal affiliation with it.)

 

[granlooe]

Copy:Reading a book is not useful, it would be like reading a dictionary.thanks