Title:
Churchill Livingstone pocket medical dictionary
Edition:
15th ed.
Publication Information:
London : Churchill Livingstone, 2003
ISBN:
9780443072451
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Summary
Summary
This expanded new edition should prove indispensable as an easy-to-use guide to the basic language of 21st century medicine and health care for students, registered practitioners, medical secretaries and receptionists, and members of the public. Reliable information (important with so much unregulated information available on the Internet). Updated by a team of expert advisors Plenty of cross referencing to related topics increases its usefulness as a leaning aid. Concise and easy to read
Table of Contents
| Preface |
| Acknowledgements |
| How to use this dictionary |
| Prefixes |
| Suffixes |
| Dictionary of medical terms |
| Appendix 1 Illustrations of major body systems |
| Appendix 2 SI units and the metric system |
| Appendix 3 Normal values |
| Appendix 4 Nutrients |
| Appendix 5 Drugs - the law, measurement and drug groups in common use |
| Appendix 6 Abbreviations-medical terms, degrees, diplomas, organizations |
| Appendix 7 Useful addresses including web sites |
| Appendix 8 Chemical symbols and formulae Main entries similar to present edition |
