Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary: Standard Edition (Hardcover)

by W. A. Newman Dorland (Editor)

Editorial Reviews

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'Terse,clear,accurate' -JAMA, from a review of the 27th edition "Carries on an impressive tradition of accuracy, clarity, and conciseness going back to the early years of the century, and users who prefer the medical dictionary with the brick-red covers will find...the same amiable and authoritative guide they have come to respect and trust." -JAMA "Dorland's is reasonably priced and would be useful to anyone in the health care field. I cannot imagine a practitioner who would not want a copy of this dictionary in the office." -The Journal of Family Practice --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Encompassing the whole of medicine today, this dictionary provides comprehensiveness, accuracy, clarity and ease to use.
'Anticancer Research' --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 1974 pages
• Publisher: W.B. Saunders Company; 28th edition (September 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0721628591
• ISBN-13: 978-0721628592
• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 9.5 x 3.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,091,828 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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270 of 279 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Dorland's: a big disappointment, October 3, 1999

By	Ken Saladin <[e-mail]> (Georgia, USA) - See all my reviews

As a medical textbook author, I felt a need to add Dorland's to my increasing collection of medical dictionaries, so I ordered a copy from Amazon.com. Now that I have used it for a couple of weeks, I can remember why I chose Stedman's back when my budget was more limited and I compared the two dictionaries with an eye to buying just one of them. I am repeatedly disappointed when I look up terms in Dorland's. Pronunciations are often lacking (e.g., for the cranial foramina and skeletal muscles), the illustrations are meager and inferior to Stedman's, and many terms are missing. Dorland's doesn't even define first-, second-, and third-degree burns, for example, and the levator labii superioris muscle and levator labii superioris alaeque nasi are completely missing from both the body of the dictionary and the appendix of muscle tables. Such omissions reflect either inexcusable carelessness or inexplicable editorial caprice. A professional writer or physician should have Dorland's on hand as a backup source. I find it useful for corroborating some facts and getting alternative meanings of words. But I still go to Stedman's as my first resort; it does a far better job. For a student or professional person with budget for just one good medical dictionary, I recommend Stedman's or the more economical but very good Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary.

42 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best medical dictionary., August 23, 1998

By A Customer

Dorland's and Stedman's are the two premier medical dictionaries. Any physician or other person who requires frequent reference to medical definitions should probably own both (I do). Both books have occasional errors; each book has terms that the other lacks; and each book has some definitions that are superior to the those in the other. However, if you purchase only one, I recommend Dorland's. In my opinion, Dorland's has definitions for more terms, better definitions and fewer errors.

40 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Medical Dictionary, March 16, 1999

By A Customer

I have used the Dorland's Medical Dictionary for 25 years working in a hospital transcription position. This dictionary makes looking up words easy and in most cases I could find what I was looking for in here when I could not find it in the Stedman's. I am buying books for working at home and this is one of my first choices.