Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary

First published in 1900, Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary is universally acknowledged as the world's finest medical dictionary. Now in full color for the first time, the new, 30th Edition has also been thoroughly updated to reflect all of the very latest information from every frontier in health care. Over 123,000 entries cover all of the language integral to contemporary medicine - including approximately 800 new terms from the growing area of Complementary and Alternative Medicine. At the same time, the New Edition embodies the same comprehensiveness, accuracy, clarity, and ease of use that have established Dorland's as the best-selling medical dictionary of all time.NEW! CD ROM spell checker, electronic version 4.0 and PDA. Both packaged within the book, is available FREE to all purchasers NEW! Full online access to the dictionary online at www.dorlands.com - fully searchable and FREE to all purchasersBroader coverage reflects new advances and current usage - Over 125 000 definitions of which over 3000 totally NEW entries have been added and many others have been substantially revised to reflect new advances and current usage Over 1050 illustrations to increase clarity and understanding - and nearly all in full colour!Updated and reorganized appendices speed access to essential informationThumb tabs. An index that can be used with the dictionary closed and give readers fingertip access to the information they refer to frequentlyIncludes drug names (listed in alphabetical order) and synonyms