Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary

by Donald Venes

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"The all-in-one, go-to source for classroom, clinical, and beyond. Put the language of nursing, medicine, and the healthcare professions at your fingertips--anywhere and everywhere, Taber's 25 is the all-in-one, go-to source in the classroom, clinical, and beyond. Under the editorial direction of Donald Venes, MD, MSJ, a team of expert consulting editors and consultants representing nearly every health care profession ensures that the content reflects today's most current and relevant show more information." -- show less

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EXPERIENCE TABER S 21!

To thrive in the ever-changing world of health care, you need a respected, trusted, and cutting-edge, cyclopedic resource. In hand, online, or on a mobile device, turn to Taber s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 21st Edition...anytime, anywhere!

Taber s 21 is today s most comprehensive health science dictionary. Under the editorial direction of Donald Venes, MD, MSJ, a team of expert consulting editors and consultants representing every branch of health care, work with the Taber s in-house editorial staff to ensure that the content reflects the state of the art.

* Cyclopedic entries offer more than just definitions.
* More than 60,000 reader-friendly definitions, including 3,000 brand-new terms and show more 7,000 revised terms.
* Over 1,000 full-color illustrations in the book and DVD combined.
* More than 600 Patient Care Statements
* Caution Statements with new easy-to-find icon
* Dozens of Allied Health and Nursing Appendices
* The MAC & PC compatible FREE Taber sPlus DVD
* So much more!

BONUS! THE TABER SPLUS DVD

Every print copy of Taber s 21 features the Taber sPlus DVD. This multimedia toolkit offers a wealth of interactive activities, clinical tools, and resources.
Taber s World Tour An exploration of the dictionary s many features.
Explore through Sight & Sound 1,000 images and hundreds of terms with their definitions and pronunciations.
Taber s Audio Clear and precise pronunciations for 30,000 terms.
Brain Teasers Word-building activities and games.
Bonus Appendices Twelve appendices including valuable clinical resources.
Taber s Online powered by Unbound Medicine® Free one-year subscription to the website.
Taber s Mobile powered by Skyscape® Free one-year subscription for your mobile device.
DavisPlus Online Resources for students and instructors like test banks, animations, videos, and more.

From the Publisher
The features you like best about Taber's--the most terms, its portability, and the comprehensive appendices--are now all available in an interactive Cd-ROM package. Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary CD-ROM Multimedia gives you the excellence you have come to expect from Taber's.

Minimum system requirements for WIN: 386/33 or better; Windows 3.1 or later; 3 MB hard disk space; 8 MB of RAM; SVGA 256 color monitor; 2X CD- ROM; 8-bit audio (sound card required)

Minimum system requirements for MAC: 68030 processor (Power PC recommended); Mac OS 7.0 or later; 3 MB hard disk space; 8 MB of RAM; SVGA 256 color monitor; 2X CD-ROM; 8-bit audio (sound card required); QuickTime required for video playback

KEY FEATURES:

features available in the CD- ROM:
*Powerful search engine helps users find definitions of medical words and phrases or locate specific information within an entry quickly and easily
*Useful hypertext links within entries allow users to access other relevant entries and illustrations, vidoes, tables, or appendices with just a click of the mouse
*Bookmark feature allows users to customize the program by "marking" entries and appendices that they refer to frequently, making Taber's a personalized reference tool
*Copy-and paste function allows users to move information into other documents
*Zoom-and-pan viewing allows close-up inspection of all the high-quality images; also table headers can be locked to make scrolling through and searching in tables easier
*Audio pronunciations are given for many words and word elements
*Videos show clinically important procedures, concepts, and anatomical explorations --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Original publication date
1940 (first edition) (first edition); 1997 (eighteenth edition) (eighteenth edition)

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Genres
Reference, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Health & Wellness
DDC/MDS
610.3Applied science & technologyMedicine & healthMedicine and healthDictionaries, Cyclopedias
LCC
R121 .T18MedicineMedicine (General)General works
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Reviews
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Languages
English
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Paper, Ebook
ISBNs
61
ASINs
42