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.

Concise Pocket Medical Dictionary defines terms across a broad range of subjects including anatomy, physiology, medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, biochemistry and genetics, as well as in all the major medical and surgical specialities. Most pharmaceutical products currently available on the market are defined in the dictionary. Latest edition, enhanced by over 400 full colour and 33 black and white images and illustrations, and many new entries.

This concise yet comprehensive dictionary gives all the important and major terms on which detailed information is required by the readers, especially medical students, nurses, pharmacists, laboratory and technical personnel. Though concise, it incorporates most commonly used terms and vocabulary mentioned in any large-sized dictionary.

A full-color pocket-sized dictionary of medical terms More than 500 NEW illustrations! McGraw-Hill Concise Pocket Medical Dictionary is a compact yet comprehensive dictionary of hundreds of medical words and phrases used in all practice areas. This handy reference is highlighted by numerous full-color photographs and diagrams. The second edition has been thoroughly revised with more than 500 new illustrations and numerous new entries. Features: Handy 4"x6" trim size Covers all major specialties, including surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology, pharmaceutical products, etc. Hundreds of full-color photos and illustrations

This colour edition medical dictionary should be of use both as a home medical guide and as an aid for all those working in the medical and allied professions. Over 10,000 concise entries cover all the major medical and surgical specialties and the dictionary aims to reflect recent medical advances, including those in genetics, infertility treatment, cancer, imaging techniques, organ transplantation, and the links between BSE and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and there is coverage of new drugs in clinical use.