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Mosby's Pocket Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions

  • 9th Edition
  • March 6, 2023
  • Mosby
  • English
What does that term mean? How is it even pronounced? Make sense of the complex world of health care with Mosby's® Pocket Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions, 9th Edition. This comprehensive, portable dictionary offers a unique, strong focus on nursing and health science terminology. Featuring over 37,000 authoritative definitions of diseases, procedures, equipment, drugs, and more, it ensures you have the most reliable health science information right at your fingertips in an intuitive A-to-Z format — no struggling to find sub-definitions! Word roots and pronunciations help you learn and correctly use medical terminology, and alphabetized, screened thumb tabs make finding definitions quick and easy.

Dorland's Dictionary of Medical Acronyms and Abbreviations

  • 8th Edition
  • August 18, 2022
  • Dorland + 1 more
  • English
Quick, convenient shortcuts abound in the language of every health care setting, but these abbreviations and acronyms can be confusing and, if misunderstood or misused, can hinder effective communication. Dorland's Dictionary of Medical Acronyms and Abbreviations, 8th Edition, takes the uncertainty out of using and interpreting the thousands of terms used in a multitude of medical specialties. Arranged alphabetically for quick reference, this up-to-date Dorland’s dictionary is an essential resource for virtually any medical abbreviation you may encounter. 

Mosby. Diccionario de odontología

  • 4th Edition
  • February 11, 2022
  • Margaret J. Fehrenbach
  • Spanish
El Diccionario Mosby de Odontología, ampliamente implementado en el mercado tras más de 16 años y 4 ediciones, se posiciona como el libro de primera elección para todos los estudiantes de Odontología que necesitan dominar la terminología propia de su área de conocimiento. Para asegurar la calidad y actualidad del Diccionario, se cuenta con la participación de un Comité Editorial formado por los especialistas más destacados en cada una de las áreas y en esta nueva edición se ha incorporado la figura de un Editor Jefe (Margaret Fehrenbach) quien hace una revisión final asegurando la calidad y rigurosidad final del contenido. La nueva edición se posiciona como un “must have”que cubre todas las áreas de la Odontología, definiendo más de 10.000 términos tanto de la parte correspondiente a las ciencias básicas como de las asignaturas y procedimientos clínicos. Incluye más de 300 ilustraciones a todo color, fundamentalmente fotografías clínicas o imágenes de radiodiagnóstico, que ayudan a comprender el término descrito

Mosby's Medical Dictionary

  • 11th Edition
  • July 6, 2021
  • Mosby
  • English
**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Dictionaries/Terminology**Make sense of complex medical terms with this comprehensive reference! Mosby’s Medical Dictionary, 11th Edition includes more than 56,000 authoritative definitions along with 2,450 illustrations — that’s twice the number of images found in other medical dictionaries. Appendixes in the book and online make it easy to look up frequently used information, and an enhanced eBook version includes animations, audio pronunciations, and more. Helping you communicate more effectively in the workplace, this reference is an indispensable reference for students, nurses, and healthcare professionals.

Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions

  • 11th Edition
  • July 2, 2021
  • Mosby
  • English
**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Dictionaries/Terminology**Make sense of complex medical terms with this comprehensive reference! Mosby’s Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions, 11th Edition includes more than 56,000 authoritative definitions along with 2,450 illustrations — that’s twice the number of images found in other medical dictionaries. Appendixes in the book and online make it easy to look up frequently used information, and an enhanced eBook version includes animations, audio pronunciations, and more. Helping you communicate more effectively in the workplace, this reference is an indispensable reference for students, nurses, and healthcare professionals.

Exploring Medical Language

  • 11th Edition
  • February 6, 2021
  • Danielle LaFleur Brooks + 2 more
  • English
Master medical terms on your terms! A combination text/workbook, Exploring Medical Language, 11th Edition provides exercises that make it easy to build an understanding of medical terminology. Organized by body system, medical terms are divided into two categories: 1) Words built from word parts, and 2) Words NOT built from word parts. Fun and engaging exercises help you first learn word parts and then learn how to combine the parts into full medical terms that make sense. The text also comes packaged with paper flashcards. For more practice, you can visit an Evolve website with games, activities, flashcards and practice exams. From well-known educators Danielle LaFleur Brooks, Myrna LaFleur Brooks, and Dale Levinsky, this learning package helps you gain fluency in medical language and communicate clearly in the health care setting.

Anglais médical

  • 5th Edition
  • July 22, 2019
  • Mireille Mandelbrojt-Sweeney + 1 more
  • French
Ce guide de conversation, fondé sur la pratique, permet aux médecins francophones et anglophones d’établir une relation de qualité avec le patient.Nouvelle édition revue et enrichie- Classification par spécialité  médicale pour trouver rapidement l’expression adéquate- Plan identique pour chaque chapitre : interrogatoires / pathologies les plus courantes / pharmacologie / examens cliniques et paracliniques- Focus sur les thèmes clés : ECG, tabac, alcool, paludisme, infertilité, BPCO, insuffisance cardiaque- Tableau d’équivalence actualisé des principaux médicaments prescrits en France et au Royaume-Uni- Liste alphabétique des faux-amis- Expressions indispensables au suivi du patient

Dorland's Pocket Medical Dictionary

  • 30th Edition
  • June 18, 2018
  • Dorland
  • English
Continuously in print for more than 120 years, Dorland’s Pocket Medical Dictionary, 30th Edition, includes the most often-used terminology from Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary, the world’s most trusted medical dictionary. Concise terms, carefully selected illustrations, and a convenient, portable size make this the #1 choice of a wide variety of students and professionals. More than 36,000 entries, a 32-page set of high-quality anatomical plates, and 257 full-color illustrations keep you fully informed and put dependable medical information at your fingertips.

Mosby's Medical Terminology Flash Cards

  • 4th Edition
  • August 23, 2017
  • Mosby
  • English
Boost your med term confidence, grades, and test scores with Mosby’s Medical Terminology Flash Cards, 4th Edition. Updated with the latest medical terms and illustrations, this collection of 650 full-color flash cards helps you memorize the prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms used to build medical terms. The comprehensive deck includes word-building examples and Spanish translations to help you master the terms in a multitude of ways. And with their functional and durable design, these cards make the perfect review tool for on-the-go study.

Exploring Medical Language

  • 10th Edition
  • January 20, 2017
  • Myrna LaFleur Brooks + 1 more
  • English
With Exploring Medical Language, 10th Edition, you can now master medical terms on your terms! At the heart of this one-of-a-kind learning package is an innovative worktext, which enables you to gradually acquire an understanding of medical terminology by first learning word parts and then learning how to combine the parts into full medical terms that make sense. Perhaps even better is the wide range of engaging online learning tools — tools like interactive games, puzzles, application activities, and on-the-go auditory reviews — that come with the worktext to help reinforce your learning and help you understand how the terms are used in the professional world. In all, this is the only resource on the market that incorporates all the proven methods for mastering medical terminology that work best for today’s learners.