Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary is the best selling health-science dictionary! Thousands of nurses and health-care professionals refer to it daily. Patients and family members looking to better understand diseases and health-care terminology find it indispensable too. What makes Taber's better than other health-care dictionaries?

• Includes complementary and alternative medicine (NEW!)
• Defines 56,000 terms – over 50% more than other health-care dictionaries!
• Offers detailed definitions written in
• It is much smaller and lighter to carry than other health care dictionaries.
• Terms are beautifully illustrated with hundreds of detailed

Here's what educators have to say about the new 19th edition of Taber's

"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

"Appendices on Nursing Diagnosis are worth their weight in gold." — Nancy Cook RN, MN, Oklahoma City Community College

"Thanks for a great book." -- Mike Huckabee, PA-C, Union College, Lincoln, Nebraska

"Taber's has always been my favorite medical dictionary. It just keeps getting better." -- Carol A. Barbarich, RN, BSN, Central Susquehanna LPN Career Center, Sunbury, Pennsylvania

"I have used Taber's since I was a 'baby nurse' in 1969. Other dictionaries are ok, but I always recommend Taber's. Taber's led the way to useful indexes in the back and the myriad of terms. It's my favorite." -- Lucy Tormoehlen, RN, MSN, Lecturer, School of Nursing, Indiana University, Kokomo, Indiana

"I have used Taber's for the 23 years I've been teaching in health care." -- Andrea B. Reiley-Helzner, MS, RCIS, Gwynedd-Mercy College, Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania

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Taber’s 19th is Better Than Ever!

The new 19th edition of Taber's has more of everything that you have come to expect from the trusted and leading health sciences dictionary -- more definitions, more illustrations, more tables, and simplified language.

Taber's 19th contains detailed illustrations, consisting of beautiful full-color images and precise two-color drawings. Each full-color image supports and is referenced back to a Taber's term. Unlike other dictionaries, Taber's illustrations and tables are cross-referenced from their entries. From accurate anatomical drawings and crystal-clear photographs, to radiologic images and color plates and slides – all the illustrations bring the outstanding definitions in Taber's 19th edition to life!

Taber's defines more terms than any other health science dictionary. With approximately 56,000 terms in all -- including more than 2,200 NEW terms – Taber's 19th is the most comprehensive health science dictionary available today. Each term was carefully reviewed by a distinguished team of Health Professions and Nursing consultants to ensure that Taber's keeps pace with the rapidly changing health care environment.

KEY FEATURES

• Taber's 19th contains a broad spectrum of information that ranges from four-color illustrations, to photomicrographs, to detailed definitions. Taber's 19th contains expanded appendices. The following list is a sample of the extensive appendices. See http://www.tabers.com for a complete list.
• Nutrition
• Integrative Therapies: Complementary and Alternative Medicine NEW!
• Normal Reference Laboratory Values
• Units of Measurement (Including SI Units)
• Medical Emergencies
• Computer Glossary
• Health Care Resource Organizations
• Home Health Care Classifications NEW!
• Standard and Universal Precautions>