Sunday, February 11, 2007

Medical dictionary

The main sources of Medical dictionary are The American Heritage® Stedman’s Medical Dictionary, Second Edition and Dorland's Medical Dictionary for Health Care Consumers where you can gain free access to authoritative descriptions of medical conditions, medications, anatomical terms, noted medical personalities and much more.
The American Heritage® Stedman’s Medical Dictionary is intended for use by healthcare consumers, students, and professionals as well as anyone who wants to keep up with the burgeoning array of terminology found in today’s medical news. By staying clear of jargon, the dictionary offers fast and concise information, whether the user is searching for a description of an over-the-counter or prescription medication, a medical abbreviation, a test procedure, a medical research topic, or an illness. Over 45,000 entries from all areas of medicine and healthcare are included.
Dorland's Medical Dictionary for Health Care Consumers is based on the content of Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, which has been the premier dictionary for health care professionals for over 100 years. Created especially with the health care consumer in mind, Dorland’s contains about 40,000 entries and over 350 illustrations and provides authoritative, concise definitions for a wide range of terms used in the health sciences, including anatomy, physiology, diseases, drugs, tests and procedures, and much, much more.
Please note that this information is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a medical professional.
The most popular medical definitions:

Other popular articles in the medical dictionary:
tes·tos·ter·one (ts-tst-rn)
n.
A steroid hormone and the most potent naturally occurring androgen that is formed by the interstitial cells of the testes, and possibly by the ovary and adrenal cortex, may be produced in nonglandular tissues from precursors such as androstenedione, and is used in the treatment of hypogonadism, cryptorchism, carcinomas, and menorrhagia.
os·te·o·ar·thri·tis (st--är-thrts)
n. Abbr. OA
A form of arthritis, occurring mainly in older persons, that is characterized by chronic degeneration of the cartilage of the joints. Also called degenerative joint disease, hypertrophic arthritis, osteoarthrosis.
oste·o·ar·thritic (-thrtk) adj.
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