Product Overview
The new edition of this best-selling dictionary offers readers maximum definition! Meticulously revised and updated to reflect all the changes in nursing and allied health today. Features over 3,000 new entries, more than 1,100 new illustrations, and a wealth of new appendices making this the most current, user-friendly dictionary available. With its large, easy-to-read typeface; strict alphabetical organization with no subentries; comprehensive definitions; detailed drug entries; and a Color Atlas of Human Anatomy, this dictionary offers easy access to comprehensive information.
Meticulously revised and updated to reflect current health care practice, this bestselling dictionary gives students:
- Over 3,000 new entries and a wealth of new appendices detailing the most complete, current information.
- Thousands of illustrations and full-color photographs that bring terminology to life.
- Large, user-friendly type that makes each entry easy to read and understand.
- Strict alphabetical organization with no subentries that enables students to quickly look up any medical word.
- Comprehensive definitions written in clear, understandable language.
- Detailed drug entries that spell out key facts on commonly prescribed medications.
- A Color Atlas of Human Anatomy that serves as a convenient, visual review of body structure.
- A FREE companion website with updates and weblinks.
- Includes a FREE Website at www.harcourthealth.com/MERLIN/Dictionary/
- Spanish version of 5th edition also available, ISBN: 84-8174-380-1
