Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary: Non-indexed (Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (Non-Indexed Version))

Provides more than 56000 definitions - with 2400 brand new to this 20th edition. More than 6000 revised terms, 700 illustrations, 100 more patient care sections and much more. Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 20th Edition ......Page 4 Copyright © 2005 by F. A. Davis Company......Page 5 CONTENTS......Page 8 INTRODUCTION TO EDITION 20......Page 10 CONSULTING EDITORS AND CONSULTANTS......Page 12 TABER'S FEATURE FINDER ......Page 14 FEATURES AND THEIR USE......Page 16 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 20 ILLUSTRATION SOURCES......Page 29 LIST OF TABLES......Page 32 ABBREVIATIONS USED IN TEXT......Page 36 A ......Page 38 B ......Page 248 C ......Page 350 D ......Page 569 E......Page 693 F ......Page 807 G......Page 880 H ......Page 958 I ......Page 1098 J ......Page 1189 K ......Page 1200 L ......Page 1223 M......Page 1324 N ......Page 1462 O......Page 1541 P ......Page 1599 Q ......Page 1870 R ......Page 1875 S......Page 1970 T ......Page 2173 U ......Page 2296 V ......Page 2321 W ......Page 2377 X ......Page 2397 Y ......Page 2401 Z ......Page 2404 Table of Contents......Page 2410 Index to Appendices......Page 2413 Nutrition......Page 2415 Integrative Therapies: Complementary and Alternative Medicine......Page 2431 Normal Reference Laboratory Values......Page 2468 Prefixes, Suffixes, and CombiningForms......Page 2486 Latin and Greek Nomenclature......Page 2491 Medical Abbreviations......Page 2500 Symbols......Page 2507 Units of Measurement (Including SI Units)......Page 2508 Phobias......Page 2514 Manual Alphabet......Page 2517 The Interpreter in Three Languages......Page 2518 Medical Emergencies......Page 2533 Health Professions......Page 2567 Health Care Resource Organizations......Page 2590 Professional Designations and Titles in the Health Sciences......Page 2598 Documentation System Definitions......Page 2601 Standard and Universal Precautions......Page 2602 Recommended Immunization Schedules......Page 2613 Nursing Appendix......Page 2618 A reference for health care clinicians and students, that takes account of the integration of alternative and complementary approaches into standard western medical care, defining terms relating to herbal remedies and traditional cures from other cultures Contains 56,000 alphabetically arranged entries that provide definitions of terms and phrases related to health science, and includes color illustrations, and an appendix of complementary and alternative medicine