Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary
- ISBN-10
- 1418000566
- ISBN-13
- 9781418000561
- Category
- Medical / Dictionaries & Terminology
- Pages
- 958
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Merriam-Webster
- Authors
- Merriam-Webster, Inc
Description
Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary, 2005 Revised Edition is an invaluable resource for health care professionals with over 59,000 entries covering today's most widely used health care terms, abbreviations, medication names, and biographies of medical pioneers. Unlike unwieldy medical encyclopedias, Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary, 2005 Revised Edition is compact, portable, and affordable, making it perfect for everyone from allied health students and medical professionals to consumers without a medical background who want a desktop reference without investing a lot of money.
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