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Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary,
20th Edition



For more than 65 years, Taber's has provided students, nurses, and health professionals with the definitions and information they need to provide superior care for their patients, while remaining portable and easy-to-carry.

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The 20th edition:

  • Provides 56,000, easy-to-understand definitions–almost 50% more than other health-care dictionaries–so you are sure to find the word you are looking for!
  • Includes more than 8,400 new and revised terms and 700 illustrations (more than 500 in full color)
  • Is written using a unique cyclopedic format that offers much more than just definitions. You'll find caution statements to help you provide safe health care; disease entries that include symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment; and much more!

To learn more about what Taber's offers over other dictionaries, go to www.tabers20.com.

By: Donald Venes, MSJ, MD



Taber's Electronic Medical Dictionary CD-ROM v 3.0
ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1303-4
ISBN-10: 0-8036-1303-2


Taber's Electronic gives you everything that's in the print version and more! Quick Look Up provides instant definitions for any word you select-even when you're using other software. Also include copy and paste functionality and a conversion calculator.



September 08, 2008
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Thumb-Indexed Book
ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1207-5
ISBN-10: 0-8036-1207-9

Non Thumb-Indexed Book
ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1208-2
ISBN-10: 0-8036-1208-7

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Deluxe Edition Book
ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1209-9
ISBN-10: 0-8036-1209-5

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Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 20th Edition for PDA, Web, and Wireless (CD-ROM version),
powered by Unbound Medicine

ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1408-6
ISBN-10: 0-8036-1408-X

Unbound Medicine's award-winning platform allows you to access all of Taber's definitions and tables (plus more than 60 appendices!) right from your Palm, PocketPC, Blackberry, or the Web.

You can select terms from an extensive index and then use many built-in navigation features to quickly review the desired information or link to related entries.

Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 20th Edition for PDA, Web, and Wireless (downloadable version),
powered by Unbound Medicine

ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1435-2
ISBN-10: 0-8036-1435-7

A downloadable version of the
CD-ROM above.


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MobiLearn® Talking English-Spanish Health Care Phrases from Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary is a tool that allows you to choose an English-language term, see its Spanish translation, and hear the Spanish spoken out loud through your Pocket PC speaker or earphone.

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Key Features
  • Defines 56,000 terms - that's 50% more than other health-care dictionaries - so you are sure to find the word you are looking for!
  • Includes more than 2,200 NEW terms in this edition to give you the most current information
  • Written in easy-to-understand language - perfect for the novice student and the experienced practitioner
  • Expanded coverage of Complementary and Alternative Medicine throughout the dictionary gives you current health care issues.

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Key Features

"Taber's has always been my favorite and this edition is even better than the last. I like the online service -- we rely on computers so much in our world today." - Barbara A. Moore, Jameson Memorial Hospital, New Castle, PA

"I love this reference -- seriously, I look in it at least two or more times every week! The students find the edition easy to look up, the pictures and graphics enhance referencing and learning, and I use this text to supplement the junior-level therapeutics course. Students also carry Taber's in their backpacks into the hospital, because nothing works better for the quick look-ups of new terms and diagnoses than Tabers." - Dr. Greg DeBourgh, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

"Easy reference and compact knowledge for different health provider courses." -- Kamal I. Kamal, Valencia Community College, Orlando, Florida

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Bonus Packages


Save money when you buy these Taber's packages!

        

Package of Taber's Electronic Medical Dictionary v 3.0 PLUS Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 20th Edition (Thumb-indexed.)
ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1308-9
ISBN-10: 0-8036-1308-3

            

Buy the package of Understanding Medical-Surgical Nursing, 2nd Edition PLUS Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 20th Edition (Thumb-indexed), and get the Student Workbook for FREE.
ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1326-3
ISBN-10: 0-8036-1326-1

            

Package of Medical Terminology: A Body Systems Approach, 5th Edition PLUS Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 20th Edition (Thumb-indexed.)
ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1324-9
ISBN-10: 0-8036-1324-5

            

Package of Medical Terminology Simplified, 3rd Edition PLUS Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 20th Edition (Thumb-indexed.)
ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1323-2
ISBN-10: 0-8036-1323-7

            

Package of Nursing Health Assessment: A Critical Thinking, Case Studies Approach PLUS Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 20th Edition (Thumb-indexed.)
ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1322-5
ISBN-10: 0-8036-1322-9

            

Package of Dunmore and Fleischer’s Medical Terminology: Exercises in Etymology, 3rd Edition PLUS Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 20th Edition (Thumb-indexed.)
ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1319-5
ISBN-10: 0-8036-1319-9

            

Package of Medical Terminology Specialties PLUS Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 20th Edition (Thumb-indexed.)
ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1321-8
ISBN-10: 0-8036-1321-0


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Key Features

 

 

  • INTRODUCTION TO EDITION 20
  • CONSULTANTS
  • TABER'S FEATURE FINDER
  • FEATURES AND THEIR USE
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • Illustration Sources
  • LIST OF TABLES
  • ABBREVIATIONS USED IN TEXT
  • VOCABULARY
  • APPENDICES
  • Table of Contents
  • Index to Appendices
  • Nutrition
  • Integrative Therapies: Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  • Normal Reference Laboratory Values
  • Prefixes, Suffixes, and Combining Forms
  • Latin and Greek Nomenclature
  • Medical Abbreviations
  • Symbols
  • Units of Measurement (Including SI Units)
  • Phobias
  • Manual Alphabet
  • The Interpreter in Three Languages
  • Medical Emergencies
  • Health Professions
  • Health Care Resource Organizations
  • Professional Designations and Titles in the Health Sciences
  • Documentation System Definitions
  • Standard and Universal Precautions
  • Recommended Immunization Schedules
  • Nursing Appendix


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