Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary by Dorland

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Medicine is ever changing, and its terminology evolves constantly. If you're involved in health care in any way, you need to know the latest medical terms and what they mean. That's why you need Dorland's! The world's most trusted source on the language of medicine for over 100 years, it delivers more entries and better definitions than any other medical dictionary - so you can master more of the current terminology that you need to know. A wealth of illustrations and a remarkably user-friendly format make reference a snap. Plus, bonus software on CD-ROM lets you load key terms and definitions onto your PDA ... spell medical terms correctly using spell-checker software ... and listen to audio pronunciations for 35,000 terms. And, free access to www.dorlands.com lets you consult the dictionary online anytime, anywhere. Turn to Dorland's ... you'll be amazed at how much vital information you can glean with so much ease!

• Find any medical term you need to know! Over 120,000 entries - more than any other medical dictionary provides - include the latest drugs as well as extensive coverage of complimentary and alternative medicine.
  
• Know exactly what each term means with definitions that are the richest, most accurate available.
  
• Understand concepts visually by viewing more than 1500 extremely helpful illustrations, many in full color.
  
• Find answers faster thanks to the most user-friendly format of any medical dictionary.
  
• Take your word power even farther with the bonus CD-ROM! You can load the most essential medical terms and definitions onto your PDA ... spell medical terms correctly by installing the medical spell-checker software onto yourcomputer ... and hear how words are pronounced by listening to audio recordings for over 35,000 terms.
  
• Look up any medical term online, anywhere you go, by visiting www.dorlands.com ... grow your vocabulary with the Dorland's Word of the Day ... and much more!

Doody Review Services

Reviewer:LouAnn Schraffenberger, MBA, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P (Univ of Illinois at Chicago School of Biomed & Health Info Mgmt)
Description:This is the 31st edition of one of the gold standards of medical dictionaries and one of the most trusted sources of medical language terms. The hardcover book includes a CD-ROM that has been updated with animations and approximately 50,000 audio phonetics. Users also have access to Dorland's website to consult with a dictionary online.
Purpose:The purpose is to provide readers with the most comprehensive reference for medical language terms. The dictionary was first published in 1900 with an update released about every three years. The updated versions are needed to keep pace with the constantly changing language of medicine. In my opinion, the book is one of the two most trusted medical dictionaries on the market today.
Audience:The audience is anyone with a desire to learn and/or improve their knowledge of medical terminology. This includes medical students and residents, nursing and allied health students, clinical coders, medical transcriptions, physicians, nurses, medical technologists, therapists of any discipline, and so on and so on. The book has an excellent preface and notes on the use of this dictionary making it extremely user-friendly.
Features:The preface states the book contains over 124,000 entries, more than any other medical dictionary, with 5,000 new entries added to this edition. It includes drug names as well as complementary and alternative medical terms. This is the second edition of the book as a full-color work and a total of 500 color illustrations were addedthis year, bringing the total illustrations to 1,500. As in the past, the lexicographers used a number of official and standard nomenclatures as guides for the dictionary's entries, such as Terminologia Anatomica, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, and the United States Pharmacopoeia, to a name just a few. In appearance, the dictionary looks much the same as the previous edition published in 2003.
Assessment:This is the premier medical language dictionary. It is one of two dictionaries on the market today that set the gold standard for all others to follow. If I could have only one dictionary on my reference shelf, Dorland's would probably be it.

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