This is an impressive book on medical terminology. Medical terminology is like a foreign language, this book is easy to understand and learn on your own. The book is like a master key to the language used in medicine and, once you've grasped the basics, everything becomes remarkably simple. The book provides a clear and lucid set of explanations that will reveal exactly what is meant by all those formerly obscure medical terms. Suddenly, everything makes sense and the book is beautifully written and constructed to make the process of comprehension so much easier.