Stedman's Concise Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions: Illustrated (Book with CD-ROM) (Imitation Leather)

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Product Description

Compact counterpart to Stedman's Medical Dictionary. Gives particular emphasis on allied health sciences. Offers pronunciations for every defined term, plus new and revised images, tables, and appendices. Features international content with British spellings and contributions from nine Canadian consultants. Previous edition: c1997. DNLM: Medicine--Dictionary--English.

Product Details

• Imitation Leather: 1079 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Fourth Edition edition (April 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781730120
• ISBN-13: 978-0781730129
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #458,345 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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41 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb work of reference, August 22, 2001

By	Linda Oskam "dutch-traveller" (Amsterdam Netherlands) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This concise medical dictionary is not concise at all: it gives all the information one needs, accompanied by very clear and informative drawings and pictures and it even gives the reader the correct pronunciation of the word. The alphabet tags on the side of the book (they give the first two letters of the words on that page rather than only the first letter) are a major help for a quick reference.

I am "only" a biomedical scientist and not an M.D., but this book is very important in my daily work to understand all those sometimes hopelessly complicated medical terms that I encounter in articles and correspondence. I can imagine that this book can also be very useful for M.D.s en medical students to look up the terms they do not encounter every day.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential and Useful Reference, May 30, 2006

By	E - See all my reviews

I have had this book for the past few years. This is an essential and highly convenient medical dictionary. As a compact reference, I have been able to find the definitions to at least 90% of the words I have been looking for. The accompanying dictionary is an amazing and useful program to have installed on the computer.

The pictures/images in the printed dictionary are great to help illustrate various definitions. There are even several pages of photo-quality images in the middle of the book. The CD-ROM includes all of the information in the book in a very easy-to-use format. There are images, diagrams, and 3-D illustrations.

Recommendation: You won't go wrong with this dictionary.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely helpful reference book., November 2, 2008

By	Gale L. Loder (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This reference book came highly recommended by a professor teaching an Online Medical Terminology class. It is just as the title states - Concise. You don't need to be a doctor to understand the descriptions of the medical terms. This was my first health care oriented class and I found it an extremely helpful tool that I will keep forever.