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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 610.3 EAN: 9780323039420 Edition: 7 ISBN: 0323039421 Label: Mosby Manufacturer: Mosby Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 2024 Publication Date: October 14, 2006 Publisher: Mosby Studio: Mosby Editorial Review: Product Description: The New Edition of this best-selling dictionary offers maximum definition! Revised and updated to reflect the changes in health care today, the 7th Edition features over 5,000 new entries, and approximately 10,000 existing entries have been expanded and revised to keep pace with current knowledge. More than 2,450 illustrations are included, over 800 of which are new. All illustrations have been carefully selected to enhance the definitions of a wide variety of medical terms, especially those pertaining to anatomy, equipment, pathophysiology, skin and eye disorders, and medical procedures. With its large, easy-to-read typeface; strict, alphabetical organization with no subentries; comprehensive definitions; detailed drug entries; and a "Color Atlas of Human Anatomy", Mosby's Medical Dictionary, 7th Edition offers readers easy access to the comprehensive healthcare information they need. * Definitions cover all areas of medicine and healthcare. * Thorough reviews by more than 100 specialists in all areas of nursing, medicine and health related professions. * The practical, strict alphabetical organization with no subentries makes it easier to find entries. * Expanded definitions for selected entries, particularly major diseases, disorders, and procedures, allow the user to obtain detailed information quickly from a single source. * Drug entries have been updated and expanded to include key drugs released since 2001. * Hundreds of lab test definitions explain the purpose, procedures, and expected results for key lab tests. * Definitions for more than 50 complementary and alternative medical therapies have been added, and definitions for over 100 herbs have been updated to keep up with the expanding interest. * Pronunciations for key entries assist the reader in using terminology in everyday practice. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Mosby's Medical DictionaryThis dictionary was bought for my wife studying to become a Licensed Massage Therapist. In the course of her Physiology studies it became apparent that for the terminology being used required a stronger, more precise definition to her study even more than her Physiology book.This met her need and has been a tool that will become part of her working library. Jack Watson Rating: - Better than Stedman's or DorlandsI have had a Stedman's and Taber's medical dictionary for years (20+) and they had gotten a bit long in the tooth so I bought this book and Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary as I thought Dorland's looked slightly better than Stedman's. I decided to compare definitions of a word in both books and Mosby's definition was impressive enough to have me make the purchase (amiodarone was the word, a cardiovascular drug). I used it while studying for a recertification examination and found it by my ... Read More Rating: - Mosby's Medical Dictionary 7th EdI am glad I bought this one to cross reference and for more thorough definition for my med term course; it got lots of vivid pictures which I even like. I highly recommend this book. Rating:  - Sooo dissapointedI got this book because it had such awesome reviews. I'm going to be taking a test in the near future, and you're allowed to use a medical dictionary, and I picked this one. I've been taking practice tests. On the first practice test I took, the first 6 out of 7 medical terms I tried to look up weren't in the book. I was stunned, and several of them were pretty basic words that I just wanted to get a very clear definition of. I'm not sure it's even going to be worth ... Read More Rating: - Mosby's Medical DictionaryI purchased the Mosby's Medical Dictionary and I am extremely pleased with it. It has many color photos throughout the book so you can see examples of diseases, skin disorders, etc. It is a great book, well worth the money, and I would highly recommend it to anyone. |
