Medical abbreviations handbook.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Medical Economics Books
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Oradell, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
Subjects: Medicine -- Abbreviations.; Abbreviations -- Dictionaries.; Medicine -- Abbreviations.
Other titles: Patient care.; Quick directory of medical abbreviations.
Description: Approximately 4400 entries to abbreviations from 9 subject areas, i.e., Anatomic terms, Physiologic terms, Symptoms and diseases, Diagnostic terms, Therapeutic terms, Orders/instructions, Medical chemistry, Terms of measurement, and Organisms. Based on abbreviations as used in various hospitals. No punctuation used.
Notes: "Began as a series in Patient care magazine"--Introd.
"Originally published as Quick directory of medical abbreviations."