This completely revised and updated third edition of the classic Collins Dictionary of Medicine (first published 1992) is an invaluable reference work for medical and nursing students, health service professionals, and everyone requiring an authoritative guide to modern medical terminology.

Over 13,000 entries on the theory and practice of medicine, including pharmacology, virology, psychiatry and dentistry

Also includes terminology relevant to nursing, radiography, orthoptics, laboratory and operating theatre technology, forensic and social medicine, and public health administration

Descriptions of a wide variety of diseases, syndromes and conditions

Generic and proprietary names of a broad range of important drugs

Illustrations of all the major body systems