Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary

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Summary: Compact paperback manages to be comprehensive
Review: As a medical transcriptionist with limited office space in my home, even shelf space for my reference material is limited. I could have gotten a larger, more complete medical dictionary, and frankly there have been times that would have come in handy. But due to space considerations, this almost pocket-sized (yet very thick) volume has been a very pleasant surprise. While some features of larger dictionaries are missing, such as cross-referencing and extensive lists under "syndrome," "disease," etc., in my line of work I usually only need the spelling of such terms rather than definition, and I have specialty books from Stedman's to provide that; for a quick reference to find definitions of the 35,000 terms in this book, I'm thrilled to have an inexpensive, compact reference like this.

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Summary: Compact paperback manages to be comprehensive
Review: As a medical transcriptionist with limited office space in my home, even shelf space for my reference material is limited. I could have gotten a larger, more complete medical dictionary, and frankly there have been times that would have come in handy. But due to space considerations, this almost pocket-sized (yet very thick) volume has been a very pleasant surprise. While some features of larger dictionaries are missing, such as cross-referencing and extensive lists under "syndrome," "disease," etc., in my line of work I usually only need the spelling of such terms rather than definition, and I have specialty books from Stedman's to provide that; for a quick reference to find definitions of the 35,000 terms in this book, I'm thrilled to have an inexpensive, compact reference like this.

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Summary: Perfect...
Review: I am a graduate student studying Forensic Medicine, Forensic Pathology and Forensic Anthropology. In conjunction with my Gray's Anatomy book- I have all the essential resources at my access. This dictionary is very complete. Also, it is larger then pocket-size but compact enough that it is easy to take around with all of your other books. Recommended for students of undergraduate, graduate and medical school classes related to the field of medicine.

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Summary: My name is Maeda, and I love this CR-ROM.
Review: I am a medical student. I loved this CD-ROM very much

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Summary: this book should be cheaper...some people pay that price.
Review: I think that they should go down on the price of this book. No many people can afford that price for a book.

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Summary: I'd rather give 6 stars to this title
Review: I tried a Taber's, but was disappointed: he does not speak very much. And then I tried a Merriam-Webster's, and realized that this is much better. If you are looking for a talkative medical dictionary, this is the one for you.

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Summary: software need to be updated for new windows OS
Review: I used it for half year on the windows98 without problems. But I recently found it is very unstable on windows NT 4.0. On windows 2000, it simply hang over there without any response.
The software otherwise is good.

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Summary: Excellent CD-ROM Dictionary
Review: I was looking for a CDROM dictionary that had a lot of pronunciations and was easy to use. This item was perfect. This CD-ROM is excellent for anyone who is in the medical field.

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Summary: Excellent CD-ROM Dictionary
Review: I was looking for a CDROM dictionary that had a lot of pronunciations and was easy to use. This item was perfect. This CD-ROM is excellent for anyone who is in the medical field.

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Summary: An Easy-to-Use Medical Dictionary with Excellent Audio
Review: Merriam-Webster's Medical Audio Dictionary is easy to install and use. The program is extremely stable. Definitions are usually succinct. The best feature is its clear, real human pronunciation of medical terminology. Compared to other medical encyclopedias, this dictionary does not contain as many illustrations. But it does give you pronunciations of virtually all medical words and their derivitives (noun, adjective, etc).