The Bantam Medical Dictionary

Here at last is a medical dictionary that is  cleanly designed, clearly written, and as useful to  the general reader and student as it is to the  health-care practitioner. Prepared by a distinguished  team of medical specialists and writers  The Bantam Medical Dictionary spans the  entire domain of the health sciences, offering the  latest authoritative definitions in language anyone  can understand. All the basic areas are covered:  anatomy, physiology, and the use of medical drugs,  which are listed under both generic and trade  names. Plus all the major medical and surgical  specialties from cardiology to tropical medicine. This  exhaustive reference also embraces allies fields  such as biochemistry, nutrition, pharmacology,  psychology, psychiatry, community medicine and  dentistry, and is completely revised and updated to reflect  the latest medical information on diseases such as  AIDS and ARC, Lyme disease, toxic shock syndrome,  and cystitis, as well as new developments in  addictions and eating disorders, fertility and potency,  genetic engineering and childbirth.