Medical Definitions

The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary

The field of medicine has changed with rapid advancement. Every day, new treatments and technologies become available that alter the way in which people live their lives. The wealth of medical terms and medical knowledge out there is astounding and can be overwhelming.

Written in clear, understandable English, The American Heritage Medical Dictionary can decode the medical lingo that your doctor uses, help you understand an article in the New England Journal of Medicine, or explain the latest disease-of-the-week warning you heard on your favorite daytime talk show. Alternative health is not left out either, as medical definitions for both mainstream treatments and alternative medicine techniques are included.

The American Heritage Medical Dictionary features over 45,000 definitions and has been updated to reflect advances in medicine and to provide up-to-date and easily readable definitions for medical and health concepts both new and old. 

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This book was originally published in a slightly different form as The American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary, Second Edition © 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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