Dorland's Electronic Medical Dictionary: 29th Edition (Hardcover)

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Product Description

Boxed CD-ROM presenting the entire Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 28th edition, in digital format. Gives definitions, pronunciations, plural forms, and etymologies, as well as illustrations and tables. System requirements: Windows 95 or higher, 16MB RAM (32 recommended), 30MB free space. Mac OS 7.6.1 or later, rest same as Windows. Book w/CD also available.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1974 pages
• Publisher: W.B. Saunders Company; 29th edition (September 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0721694934
• ISBN-13: 978-0721694931
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.6 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,244,016 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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35 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Horrible Product !, February 10, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Dorland's Electronic Medical Dictionary (CD-ROM for Windows & Macintosh, Individual Version) (Hardcover)

I bought this Cd hoping to have a quick way to reference medical terms. WHat a joke, when you search for a word, it gives you EVERY OCCURENCE of the word in the entire book. If you search for DOPAMINE, it does not take you to the MAJOR topic "DOPAMINE" under D as a regular dictionary would, it starts at "A" and finds the word dopamine in every description from A-Z.

Their interface is a generic DataBase interface called DynaText reader, they were too lazy to write their own interface. Ugly, clumsy to use.

They say there are graphics--another bull story

Total piece of junk -- don't waste your money, the best dictionary was MOSBY's but unfortunately, they stopped upgrading it.

This product is not what you are looking for if you are looking for a traditional medical encyclopedia on CD rom.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most extensive technical medical reference dictionary, April 7, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Dorland's Electronic Medical Dictionary (CD-ROM for Windows & Macintosh, Individual Version) (Hardcover)

Working as a radiology transcriptionist, I find this dictionary absolutely invaluable as a tool for finding some of the most obscure references to syndromes, diseases, disorders and every imaginable part of the human anatomy, from bones, organs, muscles, veins and arteries right down to drug names (generic and trade), the names of bacteria and technical terms like Houndsfield units. I also work part time at home, and I hope soon to load the CD-ROM version of this dictionary on my PC. You never know when you're going to have to look up something like Takayasu's arteritis, moya-moya syndrome or the foramen of Bochdalek!

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent tool for anyone in healthcare!, July 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Dorland's Electronic Medical Dictionary (CD-ROM for Windows & Macintosh, Individual Version) (Hardcover)

Fast and easy to use if you are not sure how to spell a complex term. Pictures are there to access if you need them. The ability to hear the proper way to pronounce the tongue-twisting medical terms is great.