Exploring Medical Language Mosby S Medical Nursing Allied Health Dictionary 6e Audio Online

This work will help you master the medical terminology you'll need for success in health care with its objective-based approach. Focused entirely on medical terminology and vocabulary, it helps you understand complex medical terms with a step-by-step strategy, building each word from its foundation.

This book was developed to provide a single source of authoritative, up-to-date information concerning health and health care terminology.

This pack contains The Language of Medicine 6th edition and Medicine, Nursing & Allied Health Dictionary, 5th edition.

Explanatory definitions to terminology particularly useful to nurses, as well as other health professionals. Also includes eponyms, abbreviations, illustrations, a color atlas of human anatomy, and 21 appendixes. 1st ed., 1983; 2nd ed., 1986.

Includes definitions of current health care terminology including disorders, procedures, drugs, nursing, medicine and allied health. Also, includes illustrations of definitions in anatomy, equipment, skin and eye conditions, cytology, and tissue pathology.

What does that term mean? How is it even pronounced? Make sense of the complex world of health care with Mosby's® Pocket Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions, 9th Edition. This comprehensive, portable dictionary offers a unique, strong focus on nursing and health science terminology. Featuring over 37,000 authoritative definitions of diseases, procedures, equipment, drugs, and more, it ensures you have the most reliable health science information right at your fingertips in an intuitive A-to-Z format — no struggling to find sub-definitions! Word roots and pronunciations help you learn and correctly use medical terminology, and alphabetized, screened thumb tabs make finding definitions quick and easy. Over 35,700 definitions, focused on language in current use, ensure easy access to key information. Practical, strict A-to-Z organization with no subentries makes it easier to find terms. British spellings are included, where appropriate, for international users and for US users who need to be able to recognize alternate spellings of common terms. Marie O’Toole, an experienced dictionary lexicographer and nursing educator, has reviewed and revised all definitions to provide a cohesive and consistent voice. Small size makes this dictionary portable and convenient. Terms emphasize nursing and health science terminology, making this a useful resource for students and practitioners. Etymologies for most entries help you understand medical terminology and build a professional vocabulary. Pronunciations for key entries boost your confidence when using terminology in everyday practice. Screened thumb tabs allow you to quickly locate entries. A Spanish/English appendix and commonly used abbreviations are easy to access on the front and back end-sheets. NEW! Approximately 1,700 updated or new terms reflect the changing terminology used in medicine, nursing, and the health professions.