Publisher's Synopsis
Master today's medical vocabulary and become an informed health-care consumer with this guide to the essential language of medicine and health care.
This new edition provides up-to-date coverage of terminology from all major fields of medical practice and research.
- More than 39,000 medical terms with pronunciations
- Covers the latest brand names and generic equivalents of common drugs
- 1,000 new entries include antibiotic lock, chemo brain, diabesity, gastric banding, and sarcopenia and brand names such as Abilify, Chantix, and Enbrel
Take charge of today's medical language with Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary.
