Stedman's Psychiatry/neurology/neurosurgery Words


Book Description

This reference contains over 60,000 entries encompassing the function and structure of the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves, along with disorders of the nervous system and the mind. The collection includes terminology used in psychiatric and neuroradiologic diagnosis and testing, including MRI, CAT, SPECT, and PET, as well as in treatments, such as electric stimulation, drugs, and herbs. Also contains words for surgical instruments, implantable stimulators, and spinal instrumentation, in addition to terminology for acute and chronic pain, aging, stroke, mood and personality disorders, substance abuse and counseling, mind/body connections, and genetic, degenerative, and traumatic disorders and diseases




Stedman's Surgery Words


Book Description

This book "offers an authoriative assurance of quality and exactness to the wordsmiths of the healthcare professions - medical transcriptionists, medical editors and copyeditors, health information management personnel, court reporters, and the many other users and producers of medical documentation." - page xi.




Stedman's Ophthalmology Words


Book Description

ue to the recent and rapid advances in ophthalmologic technology and research, this Second Edition features many new and updated terms as well as new value added appendices. Stedman's Ophthalmology Words, Second Edition covers burgeoning areas such as radial keratotomy and other new techniques and procedures, in addition to new equipment and instruments. The value-added appendices include clinical anatomic illustrations, sample reports, and drugs by indication. This updated edition is a must-have for any medical language specialist working in the field of ophthalmology and contains over 60,000 entries




Stedman's Medical Eponyms


Book Description

Covers equipment names, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, operations, new techniques and maneuvers, incisions, methods and approaches, syndromes and diseases, and anatomy terms that are based upon people's names.




Stedman's Pathology & Lab Medicine Words


Book Description

This resource, in its Third Edition, features more than 100,000 entries of common as well as hard-to-find terms in the fields of: clinical and anatomical pathology, hematology, medical technology, blood banking, clinical chemistry, and histology. Authoritative, comprehensive and up-to-date, it is organized for fast and easy look-up. Appendices include expanded sections on culture media, laboratory tests, and normal lab values; additionally this reference provides sample reports and illustrations. This publication is also available as a CD-ROM/Book Bundle.




Stedman's Equipment Words


Book Description

he most current, accurate, and comprehensive reference available for equipment terminology. Developed from ongoing reviews of print and electronic journals and manufacturer sources across medical specialties, this fully cross-indexed, extensive A-Z list provides quick look-up of medical equipment terms, including new instruments and devices, as well as variant spellings and phrasing. This resource also offers appendix sections organized for fast look-up




Stedman's Oncology Words


Book Description

This resource contains up-to-date terminology in oncology-related topics, including chemotherapy, radiation oncology, surgical therapy, molecular cell biology, gynaecologic oncology, tumours and anti-cancer drug names. The number of terms has increased significantly since the last edition, and the appendices feature updated illustrations, drugs by indication and sample reports. In addition, the chemotherapy protocols and cancer classifications have been updated. Entries are fully cross-referenced for quick access, and the extensive A-Z list provides variant spellings and phrasings for many terms.




Stedman's Neurology & Neurosurgery Words


Book Description

The Fourth Edition of Stedman's Neurology & Neurosurgery Words has over 110,000 words and terms—more than 3,000 new—including accurate and current terminology related to procedures, techniques, drugs, and tests, as well as abbreviations, jargon, and variants. Coverage includes key terminology related to sleep medicine, Alzheimer disease, epilepsy, and neurologic disorders. This edition contains new appendices on functions and common tests of cranial nerves, common neurologic disorders, and manual muscle testing rating scale, and fully updated appendices including anatomical illustrations; table of nerves; types of brain and spinal cord tumors; sleep medicine terminology; sample reports; common terms by procedure; and drugs by indication.




Stedman's Neurology and Neurosurgery Words


Book Description

Now finding terms for the overlapping specialties of neurology and neurosurgery is easier than ever before. This reference contains thousands of words encompassing the function and structure of the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves (neuroanatomy), along with disorders of the nervous system (neurology). The collection includes terminology used in neuroradiologic diagnosis and testing, including MRI, CAT, SPECT, and PET, as well as in treatments, such as electric stimulation, drugs, and herbs. Also contains words for surgical instruments, implantable stimulators, and spinal instrumentation, in addition to terminology for acute and chronic pain, aging, stroke, mind/body connections, and genetic, degenerative, and traumatic disorders and diseases. Over 110,000 entries




Gale Directory of Databases


Book Description

This is a guide to computer-readable databases available online, in CD-ROM format, or in other magnetic formats. Details include database descriptions, costs, and whom to contact for purchase. The material is indexed alphabetically, and by subject, vendor, and producer.