Medical Dictionaries
Directory of the Web's leading medical dictionaries. With exception of Stedman's and Taber's, all resources are available for free and without registration.
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Glossary including 1,500 medical terms produced by Harvard Health Publishing.health.harvard.edu - Published: December 2011 -
The world's most widely-used medical guides, with consumer and professional versions available.merckmanuals.com - Also see: Pronunciations -
Comprehensive medical dictionary from the reference experts at Merriam-Webster.merriam-webster.com -
Definitions from leading institutions with illustrations and phonetic pronunciations. -
Well-established and reliable medical dictionary by Wolters-Kluwer.stedmansonline.com - Subscription -
Taber's features over 65,000 entries, 1,200 illustrations, and 32,000 audio pronunciations.tabers.com - Subscription -
Authoritative descriptions of medical conditions, medications, anatomical terms, and abbreviations.thefreedictionary.com -
Very brief, simple English definitions for 1,100 terms. Produced by the University of Michigan.apps.lib.umich.edu
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Easy to understand definitions for common medical terms.kidshealth.org -
Medical Spanish translations (with audio) for common medical terms. Common patient dialogs.medicalspanish.com - Also see: Vocabulary by Category -
Dictionary containing over 8,000 terms related to cancer and medicine.cancer.gov
Medical Terminology
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Free, interactive online medical course in medical terminology.dmu.edu -
Free course on edX. Learn to identify and interpret common prefixes, stem words, and suffixes.dx.org -
