Biographies and Citation Information
Company and Product Information
Educational Programs and Institutions
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Hazardous Substances and Toxicology
Medical Procedures, Laboratory Tests and Reference Values
Meeting Proceedings and Abstracts
Meetings and Continuing Education
Psychological Tests and Measurements
Submitting an Article for Publication
Dykes Library HomeQuotation marks are used to indicate information taken from the preface or introduction of selected items.
Dictionary of medical acronyms and abbreviations
Stanley Jablonski
Lists "acronyms and abbreviations occurring with a reasonable frequency in the medical literature." Except as they take the form of Greek letters, pure geometric symbols are not included. This edition contains 10,000 new entries, covering recent advances in medicine.
Ready Reference
W 13
D55719
2001
More than 32,000 entries identify medical acronyms and explain abbreviations and symbols.
Ready Reference
W 13
M394
1988
This work is divided into two sections: first half lists medical abbreviations and their meanings; second half provides brief definitions of medical eponyms. Includes table of the elements, short list of symbols, etc.
Ready Reference
W 13
S634m
1997
This compilation of more than 20,000 clinically relevant abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols originated from an ongoing review of medical and allied health professional literature to enhance the coverage in Stedman's Medical Dictionary. Each entry has been verified in at least two sources.
Ready Reference
W 13
S8119
>2003
"This book defines eponyms used in the practice of internal medicine in Australia and probably in most of the English-speaking countries in the world. It also includes a brief description of the person whose name is used eponymously."
Ready Reference
W 13
F523d
2002
Includes "syndromes and eponymous diseases which occur in the literature with reasonable frequency." Selection was determined through a systematic analysis of approximately 95,000 journal articles covering a period of twenty years. When possible, the syndrome was traced to its original description and the title is provided in the reference list following the definition. Includes illustrations. A searchable version of Jablonski's is also available online.
Ready Reference
WB 15
J13i
1991
This work is divided into two sections: first half lists medical abbreviations and their meanings; second half provides brief definitions of medical eponyms. Includes table of the elements, short list of symbols, etc.
Ready Reference>
W
13
S634m
1997
Foreign Medical Dictionaries see Index of On-line Dictionaries and the Multilingual Glossary of Technical and Popular Medical Terms in Nine European Languages (online).
Presents English words with the corresponding Chinese characters.
Reference
W
15
N576h
1998
Covers more than 3,500 medical words in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.
Reference
W
15
S257
1991
Provides the necessary vocabulary to facilitate communication between Spanish-speaking patients and English-speaking health care providers. Contains more than 20,000 entries.
Reference
W
13
M478s
1996
For practitioners and students a guide of English words and phrases commonly used in a healthcare setting translated into Spanish with pronunciation. Includes word, phrase and sentence indexes.
Reference
W
15
J89s
2000
Concise definitions of a broad range of medical terms expressed in clear, non-technical language. Indicates part of speech and provides spelling and frequent cross-references to tables as well as related terms.
Ready Reference
W
13
R8458d
1994
Considered by many to be the most respected and comprehensive medical dictionary available. Provides spelling, pronunciation, meaning, and derivation of terms.
Reference
W
13
D711
200>3
Intended for students and workers in the nursing and paramedical fields. Definitions include pronunciation and are often more lengthy than in traditional dictionaries. Forty-one appendices include information such as laboratory values, abbreviations, symbols, and weights and measures.
Ready Reference
W
13
M647e
1997
A compilation of >over 30,000 terms, Melloni's dictionary contains large, detailed drawings on each page.
Reference
W
13
M5271
2002
Entries are given in encyclopedic format and include spelling, pronunciation, and definition. Over 2000 color illustrations are included. Nineteen appendices provide information such as normal laboratory values for adults and children, nutrition guidelines, units of measure, symbols and abbreviations, and disease statistics.
Ready Reference
WY
13
M894
2002
A respected, standard work, it includes spelling, pronunciation, derivation, and definition of terms. The "Wordfinder", unique to this dictionary, functions as a master cross-referencing system for adjectival or descriptive terms contained in the vocabulary.
Ready Reference
W
13
M894
2000
An illustrated abridged dictionary. Entries include spelling, pronunciation, and definition. Many entries are encyclopedic in approach, discussing causes, symptoms, poisoning, first aid, prognosis, and treatment. Among the twenty-five appendices are: Normal Ranges of Laboratory Values, Recommended Daily Dietary Allowances, Nutritive Values of Foods, Phobias, Universal Precautions, and Conceptual Models and Theories of Nursing.
Ready Reference>
W
13
T113d
2001
"[This] dictionary is broader than its name implies, since [the authors] attempt to define strictly genetic words along with a variety of nongenetic terms that are often encountered in the genetics literature." Appendices include a classification of living organisms, a list of scientific names for 240 domesticated species arranged alphabetically by common name, chronological listings of some discoveries and inventions in the field of genetics, and a list of genetic databases.
Reference
QH
13
K54d
1997
This dictionary presents an explanation of terms which relate to crude drugs from the vegetable, animal, and mineral kingdoms. It includes Latin names, vernacular names, geographical region where found, constituents, applications and uses ("not usefulness").
Reference
QV
13
H685da
1998
Intended for students and workers in the nursing and paramedical fields. Definitions include pronunciation and are often more lengthy than in traditional dictionaries. Forty-one appendices include information such as laboratory values, abbreviations, symbols, and weights and measures.
Ready Reference
W
13
M647e
1997
Includes definitions of biological terms, and common abbreviations and acronyms. appendices include information on selected chemical structures, outlines of the plant, fungi, animal, protista and prokaryotes kingdoms, as well as a listing of virus families.
Reference
QH
302.5
H65
1995
"This book is designed to offer immunologists and non-immunologists alike a resource for many of the basic terms encountered in contemporary immunological literature. Simple illustrations clarify the explanations and enhance the terms or concepts described."
Reference
QW
513
C957i
1995
"A convenient desktop resource containing a comprehensive glossary and up-to-date information sources covering the entire managed care industry."
Reference
W
125
F287m
1994
"A valuable reference to provide quick access to clear definitions of the specialized terminology used by orthopaedic surgeons and others involved with the musculoskeletal system."
Reference
WE
15
B645m
1998
Entries are given in encyclopedic format and include spelling, pronunciation, and definition. Over 2000 color illustrations are included. Nineteen appendices provide information such as normal laboratory values for adults and children, nutrition guidelines, units of measure, symbols and abbreviations, and disease statistics.
Ready Reference
WY
13
M894
2002
Defines words and concepts used in the practice of Chinese Medicine. Arranged alphabetically, entries include definitions, synonyms, and may include Western medical correspondences or therapeutic information. Cross references to other entries are also included.
Reference
W
13
W814p
1998
Defines words and concepts current in the field of psychiatry and the allied fields - clinical neurology, constitutional medicine, genetics and eugenics, mental deficiency, forensic psychiatry, social service, nursing and occupational therapy. It incorporates terms and diagnostic criteria of DSM-IV. It also contains a list of abbreviations.
Reference
WM
13
C189p
1996
"Terminology is broad - from those terms used in managed care, clinical practice, and research to a quick snapshot of some historical figures, fundamental medical terminology that might be found in documentation, frames of reference, simple pharmacology, and federal legislation." Appendices contain information about state licensure boards, websites, DSM-IV classifications, acronyms, and abbreviations.
WB
15
Q6
1997
The Inverted Medical Dictionary is very useful for finding the correct medical term when only the meaning or definition of the term is known. For example, you may look under the heading "fear of old age" to locate the term "gerontophobia."
Ready Reference
W
13
I62
1991
This tool contains 10,000 terms which aid the user in identifying technical medical terminology from common words and phrases.
Ready Reference
W
15
H217m
1987
Similar to the Inverted Medical Dictionary and the Medical Word Finder, the Reversicon is useful for finding the correct medical term when only the meaning or definition of the term is known.
Ready Reference
W
13
En36sc
1958
"This compilation of more than 113,000 entries was built from a base vocabulary of more than 72,000 medical words, phrases, and acronyms."
Ready Reference
W
15
S812
2001
Entries are arranged by eponymic or scientific name of syndrome. Each entry includes synonym(s), symptoms and signs, etiology, pathology, diagnostic procedures, therapy, prognosis, and a bibliography.
Ready Reference
WB
15
M188d
1997
Includes "syndromes and eponymous diseases which occur in the literature with reasonable frequency." Selection was determined through a systematic analysis of approximately 95,000 journal articles covering a period of twenty years. When possible, the syndrome was traced to its original description and the title is provided in the reference list following the definition. Includes illustrations. A searchable version of Jablonski's is also available online.
Ready Reference
WB
15
J13i
1991
©
The University of Kansas Medical Center