Dictionaries
Please note that other than the Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations, Merck Manual of Diagnosis & Therapy and Stedmans Dictionary, which are CIAP resources available through STAT!Ref, these sites require internet access.
CIAP Resources - available via Stat!Ref
Online Medical Dictionary
The mondofacto dictionary is a dictionary of terms relating to biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, medicine, plant biology, technology and zoology - in fact anything to do with science and medicine. It includes acronyms, conventions, eponyms, and history
Hosford Medical Terms Dictionary
Contains a long file of medical terms spelt correctly. The terms can be downloaded to enable you to develop custom dictionaries. The licensing charge is $US3.00 per computer, with Hosford maintaining all rights to the file. Once registered, future updates are free.
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
The world's most widely used general medical text, now published in 14 languages.
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy (17th Edition - Centennial Edition)
Medlineplus Health Information Dictionaries
Health information from the National Library of Medicine - the world's largest medical library.
Multilingual Glossary of technical and popular medical terms
In nine European languages.
Whonamedit.com - medical eponyms
A biographical dictionary of medical eponyms. Their ambition is to present a complete survey of all medical phenomena named for a person, with a biography of that person. Eventually, this will include more than 15,000 eponyms and more than 6,000 persons.
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