Stay current with all the latest terminology in today's ever-evolving medical field with the 29th Edition of Dorland's Pocket Medical Dictionary. Based on Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, the most trusted medical dictionary used by today's health care professionals, this portable and user-friendly resource puts dependable and indispensable information at your fingertips. Quickly find what you need from among 36,000+ medical terms, including more than 3,100 new and revised entries reflecting the most important changes in medicine. You'll also have full-color images throughout, a PIN code to download a spell checker, and a 32-page set of color anatomical plates including 19 plates from the Netter collection. At any stage in your career, this pocket-sized reference is the convenient, portable way to access Dorland's - the first and last word in medicine for over 110 years. Find dependable definitions for the most essential medical terms with content based on Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, the most trusted medical dictionary used by today's health care professionals. Visualize medical concepts with full-color illustrations used throughout the text. Better understand anatomy by viewing a special 32-page set of color anatomical plates, including 19 plates from the Netter collection. Carry Dorland's to the lab, the classroom, or the office thanks to its small, portable format.

This concise and comprehensive dictionary, in four colour, gives information and definitions on medical terminology as required by students, nurses, pharmacists, laboratory and technical staff, health professionals, practitioners, paramedical and allied health workers. As well as the commonly used terms and vocabulary found in heavier volumes, this pocket dictionary also contains copious figures to illustrate key words. Every meaning is given with a simple, comprehensive definition. Particular attention is paid to the latest pharmaceuticals in the market, allowing a quick reading reference to the products of the 21st century. In 4 colour throughout for easy use, and containing a collection of useful appendices, the "Anshan Concise Pocket Medical Dictionary" truly is a handy, portable, reference book, which will serve students, academics, all types of medical and allied health professionals, and also anyone who wants to possess a reliable medical dictionary in their own home library.

"Thoroughly updated, with nearly 2,000 updates and new terms, 30 additional color illustrations, and 32 color plates: The human body - highlights of structure and function."