Mosby's Pocket Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions

What does that term mean? How is it even pronounced? Make sense of the complex world of health care with Mosby's® Pocket Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions, 9th Edition.This comprehensive, portable dictionary offers a unique, strong focus on nursing and health science terminology.Featuring over 37,000 authoritative definitions of diseases, procedures, equipment, drugs, and more, it ensures you have the most reliable health science information right at your fingertips in an intuitive A-to-Z format - no struggling to find sub-definitions!Word roots and pronunciations help you learn and correctly use medical terminology, and alphabetized, screened thumb tabs make finding definitions quick and easy. Over 35,700 definitions, focused on language in current use, ensure easy access to key informationPractical, strict A-to-Z organization with no subentries makes it easier to find termsBritish spellings are included, where appropriate, for international users and for US users w