International dictionary of medicine and biology
By: editorial board, E. Lovell Becker ... [et al.] ; consulting editor, Alexandre Manuila ; editor-in-chief, Sidney I. Landau.
Contributors: Becker, E. Lovell 1923-; Landau, Sidney I.; Manuila, Alexandre.
Series: A Wiley medical publication
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 1986
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 3200
Subjects: Medicine -- Dictionaries; Biology -- Dictionaries; Biology -- dictionaries; Dictionaries, Medical
Description: Unabridged dictionary of over 151,000 terms, abbreviations, and biographical entries from the fields of medicine and related biological sciences. Includes coverage of traditional basic and clinical medical sciences as well as "those specialties dealing with new technology and with the delivery of health care." Also includes many terms of historical interest. Ninety-one editors and 90 contributors worked on terms and definitions in 70 different subject areas. Many cross references.
Notes: Includes index.