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• Comprehensive, authoritative definitions - including expanded definitions of major diseases, disorders, procedures, and drugs - offer the most accurate, complete information on medical and health care terminology available.
  
• Practical, straightforward alphabetical organization, with no confusing subentries, makes it easy to find definitions fast.
  
• Updated, expanded drug entries include the latest commonly prescribed drugs currently on the market.
  
• Hundreds of lab test definitions describe and explain key lab tests.
  
• Definitions for more than 50 complementary and alternative medical therapies have been added, and definitions for over 100 herbs have been updated, reflecting the growing popularity of these alternative treatments.
  
• Pronunciations and eponyms for key entries assist the reader in learning and using terminology in everyday practice.
  
• Large, clear type is easy to read, and colored entries are easy to find.
  
• British spellings of selected entries help users recognize alternate spellings.
  
• Color Atlas of Human Anatomy contains dozens of full-color, clearly labeled drawings of all body systems, to assist with learning or reviewing anatomy.
  
• Nearly 2,500 colorful photographs and drawings illustrate all subject areas - more than 800 new!

• 5,000 new definitions have been added, representing all areas of medicine and health care, with special emphasis on definitions related to new drugs, health professions, changes in health care delivery, bioterrorism, and new technological developments.
  
• Material has been thoroughly reviewed by a board of more than 100 expert consultants representing all areas of medicine to ensure the accuracy and currency of content and the inclusion of appropriate new entries.
  
• More than 10,000 definitions have been updated and revised to reflect current practice, and obsolete terminology has been removed.
  
• Over 70 definitions for such key conditions as SARS have been expanded to contain comprehensive, detailed information.
  
• New colored entry words clearly stand out on the page, making it easier to find terms.
  
• All tables have been updated, and more than 800 new illustrations have been added.

Average Customer Rating:

Better than Stedman's or Dorlands

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I have had a Stedman's and Taber's medical dictionary for years (20+) and they had gotten a bit long in the tooth so I bought this book and Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary as I thought Dorland's looked slightly better than Stedman's. I decided to compare definitions of a word in both books and Mosby's definition was impressive enough to have me make the purchase (amiodarone was the word, a cardiovascular drug). I used it while studying for a recertification examination and found it by my side as I went through several other books. This book was the single best resource I had after purchasing almost $1k worth of new books! The quantity of definitions may not exceed Dorlands, but the QUALITY of the definitions is SUPERB. You get not only a skeleton, minimalist definition but a mini-tutorial of each topic. Just the dermatology related definitions alone with pictures kept me from buying a dermatology book. Definition after definition I looked up - and this went well over a thousand words, perhaps 2 or 3k words - resulted in getting an excellent authoritative discussion of a topic, giving the most salient points in a concise and highly readable form. I had in excess of a 99% 'hit rate' of finding highly useful information with each lookup. Doing this with Dorland's gave me the most trivial definitions in comparison, often little more than the pronunciation of the word and a circular reference to another definition. I gave up after about 100 words as an exercise in time wasting. I put this book right up there with the Merck Manual as absolute must haves for any serious student of medicine - from the senior specialist to the beginning nursing student. I give it the highest accolades. I have two more words for how this helped me study for my exam - THANK YOU !

Mosby's Medical Dictionary 7th Ed	Customer Rating:
I am glad I bought this one to cross reference and for more thorough definition for my med term course; it got lots of vivid pictures which I even like. I highly recommend this book.

Sooo dissapointed

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I got this book because it had such awesome reviews. I'm going to be taking a test in the near future, and you're allowed to use a medical dictionary, and I picked this one. I've been taking practice tests. On the first practice test I took, the first 6 out of 7 medical terms I tried to look up weren't in the book. I was stunned, and several of them were pretty basic words that I just wanted to get a very clear definition of. I'm not sure it's even going to be worth lugging this book to the test, or even keeping the book. I may just sell it and try another book. Jane

Mosby's Medical Dictionary	Customer Rating:
I purchased the Mosby's Medical Dictionary and I am extremely pleased with it. It has many color photos throughout the book so you can see examples of diseases, skin disorders, etc. It is a great book, well worth the money, and I would highly recommend it to anyone.

Excellent	Customer Rating:
Item came just as described and on time. I would definitely work with them again.