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Summary
Summary
Rapid advances in science, medicine, and molecular biology have created a large amount of new information on biomedicine and molecular biology. Keeping up with the latest information can become a cumbersome task for professionals and students working in these fields. Updated to include new terminology and accurate characterizations of previously existing terms, the Concise Dictionary of Biomedicine and Molecular Biology, Second Edition provides easy access to the most commonly used drugs, antibiotics, and bio-chemically important compounds.
Containing over 30,000 entries, the second edition of this dictionary provides concise, up-to-date definitions of terms commonly used in biotechnology, molecular biology, and biomedicine. Included in this second edition are over 23,000 definitions, 4,000 chemical structures, 1,200 equations of enzymatic reactions, and approximately 600 restriction endonucleases with explanations of their specific activities.
Here is what's new in the second edition:
A number of newly collected terms
More than 3000 additional abbreviations commonly used in biomedicine, chemistry, biochemistry and molecular biology
This updated edition integrates terminology and chemical structures from a variety of disciplines in a single, easy-to-use source. From defining existing terms to accounting for new developments, the Concise Dictionary of Biomedicine and Molecular Biology, Second Edition helps you stay abreast of the current advances in biomedicine and molecular biology.
Author Notes
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Biomedicine, molecular biology, and biochemistry are so interrelated that combining terminology from these fields in a convenient volume makes sense. Similar-sounding recent dictionaries include J. Stenesh, Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2nd ed., 1989), and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Bioscience, ed. by Sybil P. Parker (1997). But what each covers, despite similar titles, varies substantially. Juo emphasizes primarily biochemistry, and includes much information not available in the other two works. The 23,000 entries include diagrams of approximately 4,000 chemical structures and their functions, many with molecular weights. The volume also includes both brand and generic names of common drugs and antibiotics, substances of environmental concern, and scientific names and characteristics of commonly encountered unicellular organisms. Coverage of general molecular biology is good; definitions are unusually clear, if short. There is no guidance on pronunciation nor even information on plurals. The volume is useful but not as dependable for general medical terminology; for instance, there are no entries under "aorta." Unfortunately, there are a few spelling errors (e.g., the "s" is omitted in "Coxsackie virus"). Despite some flaws, Juo's dictionary will be useful in any academic reference collection and is appropriate for both upper-division undergraduate and graduate students and for professional use. M. MacArthur; University of Colorado at Denver
