Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary [Paperback]

D. C. Blood (Author), V. P. Studdert (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 1999 | ISBN-10: 0702020346 | ISBN-13: 978-0702020346 | Edition: 2

The 2nd Edition of this successful and highly regarded veterinary dictionary provides a complete professional vocabulary. Now features American English spellings! This edition includes 10,000 more entries and five additional tables in the appendices of useful laboratory and clinical information. Also features expanded coverage of molecular biology, genetics, immunology, histology and embryology! Now includes American English as well as UK English.

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"...unquestionably one of the most useful, authoritative and most needed books to be published in the veterinary field for many years
"Australian Veterinary Journal
dictionary is a pleasure to use, with adequate cross-referencing, sufficient multiple entries for compound terms, and good, concise definitions...It is hard to find any fault or error. This is a book which veterinarians have been waiting for, and will be in constant use."British Veterinary Journal

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A complete professional vocabulary

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Product Details

• Paperback: 1380 pages
• Publisher: Saunders Ltd.; 2 edition (January 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0702020346
• ISBN-13: 978-0702020346
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #578,479 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A necessity for vet students, December 27, 2000

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J. Burcham "jcburcham" (Olathe, KS United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary (Paperback)

When I started vet school, I wanted the biggest, most expensive medical dictionary because I figured it would be the best. I bought Dorland's medical dictionary which is intended for human medicine, and it weighs about 10 lbs. I found that, for my purposes, it was close to useless. Too big to carry around, not very user friendly, and of course lacking in veterinary terminology. I was constantly borrowing my classmates' Saunders dictionary (it was small enough that they could carry it around easily) and I was SO impressed. It's an excellent resource and is on the bookshelf of nearly every veterinarian I know. I now own a copy for myself.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First year students will need this dictionary, May 29, 2002

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"vet_michelle" (St. Kitts, West Indies) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary (Hardcover)

I am a third semester veterinary student and I use this dictionary at least once almost every time I study. The reason I say that first year students will need this book is that I find I am using it less as my basic medical vocabulary grows, but I am still using it regularly. I too borrowed this book from my roommate constantly before I bought my own, even though I own a medical dictionary and had to walk farther to use her vet dictionary. This book simply has more of the veterinary terminology that I need definitions for. It is just the right size to bring with me when I study - it's not too heavy and it has enough words to make it useful. It does have some words that are unnecessary though, such as 'pooper-scooper'!
Another `pro' for this book is the appendix at the back: there is one for arteries, bones, joints, muscles, nerves, etc. Honestly, the only one I've used is the muscle chart, but that one was great when I was studying for anatomy lab since it has origins and insertions as well as innervations.
Since I do use it so much, I would recommend the hardcover version. If you want to see the picture of the cover or use the `look inside' feature, you can see these features on the paperback book webpage since they are currently not available at the hardcover webpage. ...
Don't get me wrong; I still think a medical dictionary is useful. I often find words (and their pronunciations, since the Saunders does not have pronunciations) in the medical dictionary that I didn't find in the veterinary dictionary. But I almost always try the veterinary dictionary first, and I almost always find the word I'm looking for in this book.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Helpful in Understanding Vet Terminology, March 24, 2000

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Mary Godbey (Memphis, Tennessee) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary (Paperback)

I am a medical transcriptionist for a major hospital in the Mid-South. We have a DVM pathologist on site who does cases for vet clinics, hospitals, the Memphis Zoo, and several other places. This book has helped me out tremendously when it has been a word I have never encountered before, especially when you go to school to learn about the human anatomy and not animals. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to get good definitions for vet words. The defininitions are easy to understand and will give several different ones if the word can pertain to more than one anatomical area. We have one at work for all of us to use. I am going to get one for myself.