Stedman's Medical Dictionary

The eighteenth edition of this standard, comprehensive dictionary contains several thousand new words and over 500 new illustrations. Like the previous editions, the eighteenth is an excellent medical dictionary. The vocabulary includes "words used in medicine ... dental, veterinary, chemical, botanical, electrical, life insurance and other special terms." The editors have excluded trade names. However, many personal names are included. The treatment of each word includes spelling, syllabication and hyphenization. The system of pronunciation is easy to understand, and there are alternative pronunciations as in the case of "j1 (gi, g!)ne-kolo-je." Old disease names are given as well as some obsolete usages. The definitions are clear and adequate, and the illustrations further elucidate the definitions. Many abbreviations are included. Among the special features are a 36-page section on medical etymology, 22 plates and 54 tables in the main text, and a useful Appendix containing equivalent tables, symbols, abbreviations, and other useful information.