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.

Developed from the database of Stedman's medical dictionary and supplemented by terminology found in the current medical literature

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 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.

Stedman's Pediatric Words is the most current, most comprehensive, and most accurate source available for pediatrics and neonatology, including anatomical illustrations and appendix sections organized to help the busy medical language specialist find answers fast. This book has a vast array of pediatric subspecialties encompassing gastroenterology, oncology, internal medicine, ophthalmology, cardiology, and more. Entries are fully cross-indexed for quick access, and the A-Z list provides variant spellings and phrasings for many terms

This book is meant to empower the general consumer with knowledge about DNA testing for predisposition to diseases or for deep maternal and paternal ancestry when written records are absent. At home-genetic testing needs watchdogs, Web sites, and guidebooks to interpret test results in plain language for those with no science background. Online, you'll find genetic tests for ancestry or for familial (genetic, inherited) disease risks. What helpful suggestions do general consumers with no science background need to consider? What's new in medical marketing is genetic testing online for predisposition to diseases--such as breast cancer or blood conditions. Kits usually are sent directly to the consumer who returns a mouthwash or swab DNA sample by mail. What type of training do healthcare teams need in order to interpret the results of these tests to consumers? Once you receive the results of online genetic testing kits, how do you interpret it? If your personal physician isn't yet trained to interpret the results of online genetic tests, how can you find a healthcare professional that is trained?

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.

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 Plastic Surgery/ENT/Dentistry Words, Third Edition contains over 80,000 up-to-date words and phrases ranging from topics such as aesthetic surgery; reconstructive surgery; postsurgical reconstructive treatment; postaccident and posttrauma treatment; otorhinolarynology; head and neck surgery; maxillofacial surgery; bronchoesophagology; communicative disorders; dentistry; oral surgery; radiography; dental photography; orthodontics, endodontics; pedodontics; prosthodontics; and periodontics. This new edition covers these hard-to-find terms, as well as standard terminology, meeting the needs of both beginning and experienced medical language specialists. Updated appendices include anatomical images, sample reports, common terms by procedure, and drugs by indication"

Stedman's GI & GU Words, Third Edition is for the busy medical language specialist who must have the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and authoritative reference of common as well as hard-to-find gastroenterology, urology, and nephrology terminology, organized for quick and easy lookup at an affordable price.