Collins Dictionary of Medicine

by R.M.Youngson (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1992

  $4.33

  This dictionary aims to reflect the current state of the rapidly expanding vocabulary of medical science. It is a useful reference work for medical and nursing students, as well as health service professionals, whether medical, paramedical or administrative. The book covers all the basic medical sciences, as well as pharmacology, virology, psychiatry and dentistry. It also includes terminology relevant to nursing, radiography, orthoptics, laboratory and operating theatre technology, forensic and social medicine and public health administration. There are descriptions of a wide variety of diseases, syndromes and conditions, generic and proprietary names of a broad range of important drugs and illustrations of all the major body systems.

• Used

  Paperback
  2004

  $3.25

  This completely revised and updated third edition of the classic Collins Dictionary of Medicine (first published 1992) is an invaluable reference work for medical and nursing students, health service professionals, and everyone requiring an authoritative guide to modern medical terminology. Over 13,000 entries on the theory and practice of medicine, including pharmacology, virology, psychiatry and dentistryAlso includes terminology relevant to nursing, radiography, orthoptics, laboratory and operating theatre technology, forensic and social medicine, and public health administrationDescriptions of a wide variety of diseases, syndromes and conditionsGeneric and proprietary names of a broad range of important drugsIllustrations of all the major body systems