This dictionary provides the user with the essential vocabulary currently being used in a good range of healthcare situations. The areas covered include the the technical language utilized in diagnosis, patient care, surgery, pathology,
general practice, pharmacy, dentistry, and other specializations, also as anatomical and physiological terms. Informal, every day and sometimes euphemistic terms commonly employed by people in discussing their condition with healthcare professionals also are included, as are common words used in reading or writing reports, articles, or guidelines.
