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Summary: Good, but I expected more...
Review: ...this is the best general medical dictionary out there, but I have to admit I expected deeper and more extensive definitions in some areas. Of course, this would mean adding more pages in the already-2000-paged book, but hey... if the definitions are needed they have to be fully-featured! The illustrations are great...
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Summary: Dorland's: a big disappointment
Review: As a medical textbook author, I felt a need to add Dorland's to my increasing collection of medical dictionaries, so I ordered a copy from Amazon.com. Now that I have used it for a couple of weeks, I can remember why I chose Stedman's back when my budget was more limited and I compared the two dictionaries with an eye to buying just one of them. I am repeatedly disappointed when I look up terms in Dorland's. Pronunciations are often lacking (e.g., for the cranial foramina and skeletal muscles), the illustrations are meager and inferior to Stedman's, and many terms are missing. Dorland's doesn't even define first-, second-, and third-degree burns, for example, and the levator labii superioris muscle and levator labii superioris alaeque nasi are completely missing from both the body of the dictionary and the appendix of muscle tables. Such omissions reflect either inexcusable carelessness or inexplicable editorial caprice. A professional writer or physician should have Dorland's on hand as a backup source. I find it useful for corroborating some facts and getting alternative meanings of words. But I still go to Stedman's as my first resort; it does a far better job. For a student or professional person with budget for just one good medical dictionary, I recommend Stedman's or the more economical but very good Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary.
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Summary: Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary
Review: As a medical transcriptionist for over 25 years, I would have to say the Dorland's has it all. I always reach for the Dorland's. Teaching at Vo-Tech I let my students know that I believe Dorland's is the best when searching for information. It always has anything I need and has the most informative definition for the word. Anyone who wants to suceed and not spend hours looking other places for medical information, should buy the Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary
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Summary: Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary
Review: As a medical transcriptionist for over 25 years, I would have to say the Dorland's has it all. I always reach for the Dorland's. Teaching at Vo-Tech I let my students know that I believe Dorland's is the best when searching for information. It always has anything I need and has the most informative definition for the word. Anyone who wants to suceed and not spend hours looking other places for medical information, should buy the Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary
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Summary: The "Bible" of medical dictionaries
Review: As a medical transcriptionist, I have used many different medical dictionaries, but for me, Dorland's has always been regarded as the "Bible." I can always count on it to be accurate in listing all variations and extensions of words. To the person who complained about the quality of the paper of the dictionary and all sorts of "non-essential" things, I can only say look to the essentials of what a dictionary is supposed to be -- accurate, informative, easy to use, and a source you can rely on it -- and Dorland's provides all of those things.
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Summary: The "Bible" of medical dictionaries
Review: As a medical transcriptionist, I have used many different medical dictionaries, but for me, Dorland's has always been regarded as the "Bible." I can always count on it to be accurate in listing all variations and extensions of words. To the person who complained about the quality of the paper of the dictionary and all sorts of "non-essential" things, I can only say look to the essentials of what a dictionary is supposed to be -- accurate, informative, easy to use, and a source you can rely on it -- and Dorland's provides all of those things.
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Summary: One of the Essentials
Review: At the medical publisher where I work, there is not a single desk without its own copy of "Dorlands," as we all call it. Those who have been editing medical books and journals a long time, like me, know it's a tool that is essential to our job. Those who are new to the profession find out quickly!Every possible medical condition is described in this easy-to-read, easy-to-navigate treasure. Some of the peskiest problems in medical editing, knowing when to italicize a genus and/or species, and even identifying which IS a genus and/or species, is a quick page away with Dorlands. Therefore, I no longer fear the mention of pseudomonas (if I haven't spelled this right, forgive me...my Dorlands is back at the office!) There are many other medical dictionaries, but most medical editors in the know use this one. And I imagine most medical students to as well. It's simply one of a kind.
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Summary: Dorland the best dictionary
Review: Back in 1984, I went looking for a medical dictionary in a used book store after I had f found a copy of Rypins's medical licensure review that somebody had thrown out and I got a 1937 edition. It was good. I later got an abridged edition (from 1982?) in 1985. It might bbe hard now to get something comprehensive and not too big. I have looked at Dorland and Stedman and other medical dictionaries in libraries and I think that Dorland is the best one for someone who doesn't know what the words mean before to use. I see that somebody else here also said that Dorland was best. That reinforces my opinion. I can get answers from Dorland that I cannot get from Stedman. At least older editions anyway.
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Summary: The best medical dictionary.
Review: Dorland's and Stedman's are the two premier medical dictionaries. Any physician or other person who requires frequent reference to medical definitions should probably own both (I do). Both books have occasional errors; each book has terms that the other lacks; and each book has some definitions that are superior to the those in the other. However, if you purchase only one, I recommend Dorland's. In my opinion, Dorland's has definitions for more terms, better definitions and fewer errors.
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Summary: Holy medical dictionary Batman!!
Review: Dorland's medical dictionary sits right on my desk so when I'm reading charts and other medical correspondence it is handy in case I run across an unfamiliar word. I highly recommend this book for someone looking for a good reference. Readers may also be interested in "Treat Your Own Knees" or "The Mulfidus Back Pain Solution."
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