Medical Dictionaries

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Credo referenceplus Medical Dictionaries

Includes the Dictionary of Medicine (Peter Collin Publishing), Collins Dictionary of Medicine and the Churchill Livingstone's Dictionary of Nursing
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ORO Medical Dictionaries

from Oxford Reference Online. Includes the Concise Medical Dictionary, A Dictionary of Nursing & A Dictionary of Psychology - all from Oxford University Press
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Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

Includes information on more than 1,600 medical disorders and concepts. Each article includes in-depth discussion of causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, procedures, and other related topics. Written for a general audience. Ed. Jacqueline L. Longe. 2nd ed. Gale, 2002.
From The Gale Virtual Reference Library.
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MedlinePlus Medical Dictionaries

has extensive information from the National Institutes of Health (USA) and other trusted sources on about 500 diseases and conditions. There is also a medical encyclopedia and dictionaries, extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials

Online Medical Dictionary

contains over 46,000 definitions relating to biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, medicine, molecular biology, physics, plant biology, radiobiology, science and technology. It includes: acronyms, jargon, theory, conventions, standards, institutions, projects, eponyms, history, in fact anything to do with medicine or science. From the Dept. of Medical Oncology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne