Product Description

The finest reference of its kind--the third completely revised and expanded edition!

More than 10,500 entries--including 1,000 new definitions
Latest medical terms and data explained
Cross-referenced for easy use
More than 150 fully labeled line drawings
Clear, authoritative, up-to-date
The essential reference for office, school, and home--now revised and expanded

Here, in one compact volume, is a medical reference you will turn to time and time again. The fully updated and revised third edition of The Bantam Medical Dictionary provides the most up-to-date medical information in a format that is as useful to the general reader and student as it is to the health-care practitioner.

Compiled by a distinguished team of more than 40 doctors and experts, this essential reference spans the entire domain of the health sciences, defining more than 10,500 medical terms and concepts in all the major medical and surgical specialties. Commonly prescribed drugs are defined and cross-referenced between generic and brand names, and frequently used medical abbreviations and acronyms are explained. Written in clear and accessible language, these are definitions anyone can understand.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1814379 in Books
• Published on: 2000-04-04
• Released on: 2000-04-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 544 pages

Review
"Definitions are clear and concise...Excellent system of cross-referencing is used...Fine reference."
--Choice

Ingram
Here is a medical dictionary that is cleanly designed, clearly written, and as useful to the general reader and student as it is to the health-care practitioner. Prepared by a distinguished team of medical specialists and writers, it spans the entire domain of health sciences with the latest definitions written in terms anyone can understand.

From the Publisher
Here at last is a medical dictionary that is cleanly designed, clearly written, and as useful to the general reader and student as it is to the health-care practitioner. Prepared by a distinguished team of medical specialists and writers The Bantam Medical Dictionary spans the entire domain of the health sciences, offering the latest authoritative definitions in language anyone can understand. All the basic areas are covered: anatomy, physiology, and the use of medical drugs, which are listed under both generic and trade names. Plus all the major medical and surgical specialties from cardiology to tropical medicine. This exhaustive reference also embraces allies fields such as biochemistry, nutrition, pharmacology, psychology, psychiatry, community medicine and dentistry, and is completely revised and updated to reflect the latest medical information on diseases such as AIDS and ARC, Lyme disease, toxic shock syndrome, and cystitis, as well as new developments in addictions and eating disorders, fertility and potency, genetic engineering and childbirth.

"Definitions are clear and concise ... . Excellent system of cross-referencing is used ... . Fine reference." -- Choice