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

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.

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.

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

This new edition is the most comprehensive and most accurate source available for gynecology, obstetrics, and genetics terminology, including anatomical illustrations and appendix sections organized to help the busy medical language specialist find answers fast. The Third Edition also covers up-to-date information and new terms emerging in the field of medical genetics including genetic syndromes and congenital anomalies, as well as other terms used in genetic counseling. The main A-Z section lists terms in a main entry/subentry, cross-indexed format for easy access.

Stedman's Dermatology & Immunology Words: Includes Rheumatology, Allergy, and Transplantation, Second Edition, is the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and authoritative reference on dermatology, immunology, rheumatology, allergy, and transplantation terminology available. Designed with the busy medical language specialist in mind, it offers quick and easy lookup of the current terminology in these specialties, as well as detailed illustrations and appendix sections, all at an affordable price.