Dorland's illustrated medical dictionary.
- 29th ed.
- London : W.B. Saunders, 2000.
- xxiii, 2088 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliography references and index.
The aim of the author of this work has been to produce, in a volume of convenient size, an up-to date medical dictionary, sufficiently full for the various requirements of all.... The book does not claim to be an encyclopedia; it is dictionary, a concise and convenient word-book, aiming to furnish full definition of the terms of medicine and kindred branches... The author has sought a middle course between the large, unwieldy lexicon and the abridged students' dictionary, avoiding the disadvantages of each.