Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary, Revised Edition
Author: Merriam-Webster Series: Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary (Paperback)
A useful resource for health-care professionals, this dictionary contains over 59,000 entries covering widely used health-care terms, abbreviations, medication names and biographies of medical pioneers. It will be of interest to allied health students, medical professionals, and consumers without a medical background.
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A useful resource for health-care professionals, this dictionary contains over 59,000 entries covering widely used health-care terms, abbreviations, medication names and biographies of medical pioneers. It will be of interest to allied health students, medical professionals, and consumers without a medical background.
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Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary, 2005 Revised Edition is an invaluable resource for health care professionals with over 59,000 entries covering today's most widely used health care terms, abbreviations, medication names, and biographies of medical pioneers. Unlike unwieldy medical encyclopedias, Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary, 2005 Revised Edition is compact, portable, and affordable, making it perfect for everyone from allied health students and medical professionals to consumers without a medical background who want a desktop reference without investing a lot of money.
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Your easy-to-understand guide to medical terms from the reference experts at Merriam-Webster Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary, Revised Edition is an invaluable resource for health-care professionals with over 59,000 entries covering today's most widely used health-care terms, abbreviations, medication names, and biographies of medical pioneers. Unlike unwieldy medical encyclopedias, Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary, Revised Edition is compact, portable, and affordable, making it perfect for everyone from allied health students to medical professionals to consumers without a medical background who want a desktop reference without investing a lot of money. Key Features: Concise and easy-to-read entries, which include thousands of examples of words used in context and hundreds of actual quotations from respected medical writers and publications. Entries carefully researched and cross-referenced with Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary to ensure they include the most widely used health-care terms and abbreviations. Includes over 1,000 biographies of medical figures of historical importance. Includes mini-medical writing style guide.
Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary, 2005 Revised Edition is an invaluable resource for health care professionals with over 59,000 entries covering today's most widely used health care terms, abbreviations, medication names, and biographies of medical pioneers. Unlike unwieldy medical encyclopedias, Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary, 2005 Revised Edition is compact, portable, and affordable, making it perfect for everyone from allied health students and medical professionals to consumers without a medical background who want a desktop reference without investing a lot of money.
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