The American Heritage Medical Dictionary

"The American Heritage Medical Dictionary can help demystify the complex vocabulary of modern health care. With more than 45,000 clear, concise definitions, it covers every medical specialty along with important related areas such as alternative medicine, health-care management, and geriatrics. Common medical abbreviations, biographical entries for leading figures in medicine, expanded coverage of prescription drugs, and ninety clearly labeled illustrations and tables make this the most comprehensive medical dictionary available today." "Up-to-date, authoritative, and jargon-free, The American Heritage Medical Dictionary is a resource for health-care consumers, patients, students, and medical professionals."--BOOK JACKET.Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries is the author of 'The American Heritage Medical Dictionary', published 2007 under ISBN 9780618824359 and ISBN 0618824359.