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Medical Abbreviations and Eponyms, 2e (MEDICAL ABBREVIATIONS & EPONYMS (SLOANE))

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As a court reporter, I am constantly faced with deciphering doctors' medical "lingo." This book has been an absolute God-send for me. I have found every abbreviation I have ever looked for. It is the most thorough book I have come across for medical abbreviations, and I have an extensive reference library. The eponym section is not the best I've seen, but overall, this book is a must-have! It's a major time saver!

As an instructor of medical transcription and a professional medical transcriptionist for 30 years, I wish to recommend this book. No medical transcriptionist should be without this reference. Sloane is as reliable as Dorland's Medical Dictionary. If you transcribe, you need this book.

Quick: What does CSOP stand for? You may know if you are a cardiologist, but you may NOT have the definition readily at hand if you are a medical editor of books and journals like me. No problem. All one has to do is quickly thumb through the easy-to-read "C's", and voila!! Page 146: CSOP: coronary sinus occlusion pressure.

This book lives on my desk and is simply indispensable. The eponym section, again done alphabetically, is a godsend. Case in point: What is the difference between Frank's operation and Franke's operation? Does it matter? Totally. Is Frenkel's syndrome spelled with an apostrophe or not? Again, this book has the answer.

Such trivia may seem inconsequential, but for those for whom medical terminology is a livelihood, it is far from trivial. It is essential. As is this book, a true tour de force in the medical genre.

I am currently a student in the medical field, and the medical field is filled with tons of abbreviations and I have to know what they all are when I transcribe them. This book really helps me find them much faster than having to find them on the internet. Many of my school books have a portion of the abbrevations and Eponyms but having them in one book is easier and faster then going to one book to another.

This book is a very essential book for anyone who is planing to work in the medical field as a Medical Transcriptionist., or even for anyone studing to becopme a Medical Assistant.

It gives 99.5% of all approved medical abbreviations as well as many eponyms used in the medical field.

Fran,
Flint, Mi