Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary : Plain

by Venes, Donald; Thomas, Clayton L.; Taber, Clarence Wilbur

• ISBN13: 9780803606555
• ISBN10: 0803606559
• Edition: 19th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: F a Davis Co

Summary

Brandon/Hill Medical List (#134), Brandon/Hill Nursing List first-purchase (#72), and Brandon/Hill Allied Health List first-purchase (#76) selection. Dictionary for students and practitioners includes color illustrations and a new appendix of complementary and alternative medicine. Includes 56,000 terms. Indexed version also available. DNLM: Medicine--Dictionary--Engl.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Edition 19	ix
Consultants	xi
Taber's Feature Finder	xiii
Features and Their Use	xv
List of Illustrations	xix
Illustration Sources	xxviii
List of Tables	xxxi
Abbreviations Used in Text	xxxiii
Vocabulary	1	(2384)
APPENDICES	2385	(190)
Table of Contents	2385	(3)
Index to Appendices	2388	(2)
Nutrition	2390	(17)
Integrative Therapies: Complementary and Alternative Medicine	2407	(41)
Normal Reference Laboratory Values	2448	(17)
Prefixes, Suffixes, and Combining Forms	2465	(5)
Latin and Greek Nomenclature	2470	(5)
Medical Abbreviations	2475	(7)
Symbols	2482	(1)
Units of Measurement (Including SI Units)	2483	(7)
Phobias	2490	(2)
Manual Alphabet	2492	(1)
The Interpreter in Three Languages	2493	(16)
Medical Emergencies	2509	(30)
Computer Glossary	2539	(11)
Health Care Resource Organizations	2550	(7)
Professional Designations and Titles in the Health Sciences	2557	(3)
Documentation System Definitions	2560	(1)
Standard and Universal Precautions	2561	(14)
Nursing Appendix	2575