Mosby's Pocket Dictionary: Master Medical Terminology with Absolute Professional Confidence

"Try before you buy" - Download the FREE App, which includes sample content. In-App purchase required to unlock all content. Comprehensive, portable dictionary offers a unique, strong focus on nursing and health science terminology. Featuring over 33,000 authoritative definitions of diseases, procedures, equipment, drugs, and more... 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. This comprehensive, portable dictionary offers a unique, strong focus on nursing and health science terminology. Featuring over 33,000 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. Key Features - Over 33,000 definitions, focused on language in current use, ensure easy access to key information. - Practical, strict A-to-Z organization with no subentries makes it easier to find terms. - British spellings are included, where appropriate, for international users and for US users who need to be able to recognize alternate spellings of common terms. - Marie O’Toole, an experienced dictionary lexicographer and nursing educator, has reviewed and revised all definitions to provide a cohesive and consistent voice. - Small size makes this dictionary portable and convenient. - Terms emphasize nursing and health science terminology, making this a useful resource for students and practitioners. - Etymologies for most entries help you understand medical terminology and build a professional vocabulary. - Pronunciations for key entries boost your confidence when using terminology in everyday practice. - Screened thumb tabs allow you to quickly locate entries. - A Spanish/English appendix and commonly used abbreviations are easy to access. New to This Edition NEW! Approximately 1,700 updated or new terms reflect the changing terminology used in medicine, nursing, and the health professions. Content licensed from printed edition ISBN 10: 0323832911 Content licensed from printed edition ISBN 13: 978-0323832915 SUBSCRIPTION : Please purchase a yearly auto-renewing subscription to receive content access and available updates. Yearly auto-renewing payments- $39.99 Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Subscription may be managed by the user and auto-renewal can be disabled at any time by going to your device “Settings” and tapping “iTunes & App Store”. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription, where applicable. If you have any questions or comments, email us any time: customersupport@skyscape.com or call 508-299-3000 Privacy Policy - https://www.skyscape.com/terms-of-service/privacypolicy.aspx Terms and Conditions - https://www.skyscape.com/terms-of-service/licenseagreement.aspx Editor(s): Lynn Fitzgerald Macksey Publisher: Mosby | Elsevier, Inc.