Federal Street Press
Titles appearing in SciTech Book News — June 2007
Webster's new explorer medical dictionary, rev ed.
Federal Street Press, ©2006 837 p. $10.98 R121
978-1-59695-020-7
Created in cooperation with the editors of Merriam-Webster, this update of the 1999 edition of an economical, compact dictionary of medical English contains definitions for some 37,000 commonly used terms in human and veterinary medicine. Newer terms include bird flu, genomics, LASIK, and SARS. Features include examples of words used in context, cross-referencing of drug trade and generic names and of compound terms. The volume begins with explanatory notes on word etymology, usage, pronunciation, and such standards, and concludes with signs and symbols in medicine and allied fields. There is no space for illustrations. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
