Dictionary of MedicineP.H. Collin First Published in 1999. This dictionary provides the user with the basic vocabulary used in British and American medical practice. The subject matter covers terms used in surgery, general practice, hospitals, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry and other specializations. The level of language varies from the very technical to informal usage as between professionals or between professionals and patients. Each of the 12,000 headwords is defined in simple English, using a limited vocabulary of 500 words over and above those words which actually appear in the dictionary as main words. At the back of the book are a series of supplements which give useful information in tabular form: these refer to vitamins, incubation periods, SI equivalents, diets, and notes on eponymous words. |
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Dictionary of Medicine: English-German Peter Hodgson Collin,Eberhard Schick,Rupert Livesey No preview available - 1992 |
Common terms and phrases
abdomen acid adjective referring adverb anaemia artery attached baby bacteria bacterium bladder blood cells blood pressure blood vessels body bone brain breathing cartilage caused cavity cerebral chemical symbol disorder doctor duct duodenum Fallopian tube fetus fever fibres fluid fracture gland heart hormone hospital illustration infection inside intestine joint kidney liquid liver lungs lymph medicine membrane meningitis mental mouth mucous membrane muscle nerve normal nose NOTE noun & adjective noun condition noun drug noun inflammation noun person noun small noun study noun substance noun surgical operation noun surgical removal noun type nurse organ ovum oxygen passed patient pericardium pituitary gland poisoning prefix referring produced protein QUOTE rectum red blood cells skin skull someone spinal cord stomach suffering surgeon surgery symptoms syndrome teeth terms referring tissue treatment tube tumour ulcer urethra urine uterus vagina vein ventricles verb vertebrae virus vitamin words beginning X-ray