First published in 1900, Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary is universally acknowledged as the world's finest medical dictionary. Now in full color for the first time , the new, 30th Edition has also been thoroughly updated to reflect all of the very latest information from every frontier in health care. Over 123,000 entries cover all of the language integral to contemporary medicine-including approximately 800 new terms from the growing area of Complementary and Alternative Medicine. At the same time, the New Edition embodies the same comprehensiveness, accuracy, clarity, and ease of use that have established Dorland's as the best-selling medical dictionary of all time.
STOP PRESS! All purchasers of the book will receive an added value CD ROM spell checker, PDA version AND full access to the dictionary online!
Features
* NEW! Full online access to the dictionary online at www.dorlands.com - fully searchable and FREE to all purchasers
Broader coverage reflects new advances and current usage - Over 125 000 definitions of which over 3000 totally NEW entries have been added and many others have been substantially revised to reflect new advances and current usage
Over 1050 illustrations to increase clarity and understanding - and nearly all in full colour!
Updated and reorganized appendices speed access to essential information
Thumb tabs. An index that can be used with the dictionary closed and give readers fingertip access to the information they refer to frequently
Includes drug names (listed in alphabetical order) and synonyms
What's New
* Added value FREE CD ROM spell checker, PDA and online dictionary!
A new, full-color design and art program makes reference even easier and more enjoyable, with...
* Over 475 new full-color line drawings
Approximately 600 full-color photographs
Head words now in color
* Color tables and appendices
* Approximately 800 new terms from Complementary and Alternative Medicine mirror the increasing popularity of non-traditional treatments.
Appendices have been reorganized and expanded to feature additional material of interest to medical transcriptionists and other specialty groups.
