Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary

An invaluable medical reference guide for home or professional use. Concise and easy-to-read entries, which include thousands of examples of words, used in context, including hundreds of actual quotations from respected medical writers and publications. Entries carefully researched and cross-referenced with M-W Collegiate Dictionary to ensure it includes the most widely used health care terms and abbreviations. Includes over 1,000 biographies of medical figures of historical importance. Hardcover.