Description:

The world's best portable medical dictionary Product Description Since 1898, Dorland's Pocket Medical Dictionary has continuously maintained the standard as the world's most convenient, user-friendly, portable reference on medical terminology. Thoroughly revised to reflect the latest advances in medicine, this 28th edition delivers the accurate, clear, up-to-date definitions you expect from Dorland's - in a highly compact, easy-to-use format.

Bonus software lets you add hundreds of thousands of medical terms to your computer's spell-checker. Is based on Dorlands Illustrated Medical Dictionary - the world's most authoritative, trusted medical dictionary - for completeness and accuracy you can depend on. Includes a 32-page insert of full-color anatomical illustrations to help you understand bodily structures and their definitions. Features the most portable format of any medical dictionary on the market. Offers thumb tabs as well as color headwords and guidewords to expedite reference. Incorporates sweeping updates to reflect the latest medical terms, including the newest drugs.

Contents :

Preface

Notes on the Use of This Dictionary

Combining Forms in Medical Terminology

Vocabulary     

Table of Bones, Listed by Regions of the Body 

Tables of Chemical Elements   

Human Herpesviruses    

Human Immunoglobulins 

The Human Body-Highlights of

Structure and Function

Positions of the Fetus in Various Presentations

Tables of Temperature Equivalents

Si Units   

Multiples And Submultiples of the Metric System  

Tables  of  Weights  and  Measures

Measures  of  Mass 

Measures  of  Fluid  Capacity  

Measures  of  Length