Online Medical and Biomedical Dictionaries & Glossaries
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A. AIDS, HIV, Sexuality, Prostate, Reproductive Medicine, Infertility & STD info/glossaries
1
AIDS Terminology by Victor Hernandez; from Absolute CD4 Count to
Zovirax
2
Aids medical glossary
3 HIV/AIDS-Related Glossary from the
HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service: http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/ed_resources (OLD URL is http://www.hivatis.org/glossary).
Both English and Spanish AIDS Links
4
HIV/AIDS-related terms from Tulane University
5
Sexual Health & STD's
6 UN AIDS
Glossary of AIDS-related terminology, French, Russian and
English. Sounds great, but all we got (every time!) from trying
its search/submit function was this: Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a01b0'
File name or class name not found during Automation operation - /publications/glossary.asp, line 201
7 AIDS Clinical Pathology UCSF
8 The Body: A Multimedia AIDS
and HIV Information Resource- UK site
9
Infertility Terms & reproductive science
10
AIDS information and discussion site in German, French, Italian and English
AIDS Treatment Issues Glossary
11
Glossary on health, medicine, HIV, & AIDS; gmhc.org/living/treatment/glossary/ti1106b.html
12.
Prostate Glossary from Phoenix5, to help overcome the effects of prostate cancer.
You can also download this glossary for free.
13. Prostate Glossary from
CoMed Communications, Inc.
14
Infertility glossary from thriveonline (about 7½ pages)
15 Living
Treatment AIDS Glossary from the Gay Men's Health Crisis
16
AIDS Glossary in Italian: L'infezione da HIV dalla A alla Z; aidsnet.com
17
Glossary of transgendered terms: from transvestite to transsexual to
cross-dressers
18 Glossário de
impotência e disfunção sexual, em português de Marise Morais e Silva Santos
19 http://www.comed.com/Prostate/Glossary.html - The Prostate Cancer InfoLink;
this site is no longer online, but an archived copy of an original page from this, a
site that went off-line in February, 2001 is reproduced at Phoenix5 with the permission of Vox Medica at
http://www.phoenix5.org/Infolink/index.html
20
CPCRA's AIDS and Clinical Trials Glossary, 1994, from the Community Programs for
Clinical Research on AIDS
21
Dicionário de Termos Técnicos sobre AIDS (all in Portuguese). Fonte: Glossário
de Termos Técnicos no campo de HIV / AIDS do laboratório Boehringer Ingelheim, com o
apoio da Sociedade Brasileira de Infectologia.
22
a summarized Link Directory from the Impotency Practice in Internet, un Directorio
de Enlaces.
It is full of mistakes, like "Lynphoma" instead of "Lymphoma" and "Flouride" instead of "Fluoride".
Plus many of the so-called links here do NOTHING but repeat in large bold letters, the words you
just clicked on. Quite useless!
23
Glossary and Definitions of common terms from the Pro-choice Medical Center in Los Angeles
24
vihsida en Chile - Glosario de Términos, in Spanish, from absceso to Virus de varicela
25 AIDS Glossary of
Medical and Statistical Terms
26 Sex Therapy, includes a mediocre glossary
27 directorio de webs que tienen diccionario médico relacionado a la SIDA, en ingles o en español.
28 twenty pages of concise medical info on the Prostate from the University of Utah, Health Sciences Library
29
Glossary from the SHER Instutites for Reproductive Medicine
30 Medical AIDS Glossary in Spanish only
http://www.sidainformate.org/sida/glosario-in.htm
31 Multilingual Glossary from an organization caled "Treat HIV globally"
Actually a series of bilingual glossaries, not ONE multilingual glossary.
B. Sites/Glossaries on Allergy, Asthma, food intolerance, & Immunology
1
Allergy/Respiratory Glossary from Health on the Net Foundation, HON.ch
Allergy/Respiratory Glossary.. from Switzerland, HON.ch
3
Food Intolerance & Allergy Glossary from Health on the Net Foundation
4 Excellent
Allergy-immunology Glossary from the Stanford University's Lucile Packard
Children's Hospital, Stanford University Medical Center; this page may take awhile to load
5
Commonly prescribed medications for prevention & treatment of asthma
6 Glossary of
Immunology - Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of
Leicester, U.K.
7 from WebMD
8. Glossary of Allergy Terms (New Zealand)
9. Microglossary: a lexicon of
microbiology terms & abbreviations from Hardy Diagnostics, http://www.hardydiagnostics.com/Glossary-A.html
10. Articles in
English & Spanish on allergy, asthma and immunology from redalergia.com (Argentina)
C. Cancer-related web pages/glossaries
1
CancerNet Cancer Terms NIH
2
Ask the Doctor & Second Opinion Services worked as of 11-13-01
3 ASK
THE DOCTOR from HealthOne Clinics in Colorado.
4
Cancernet NIH.gov works OK almost always
5
NIH Cancer-related Terms NIH Cancer definitions; worked OK 11-13-01
6
Cancer Terms - University of Pennsylvania
7
Oncolink; Cancer News; Clinical Trials; Focus on Fatigue; Lung Cancer; MD2B;
Neutropenia
and Infection; PET Imaging Center
8
Cancer Glossary, Canadian; Worked OK 11-13-01?!
9
Breast Health / Breast Cancer Glossary - Worked OK 11-22-02
10
Breast Cancer Glossary of Medical Terms: Worked OK 11-13-01?!
11
EduCare Breast Health / Breast Cancer Glossary - Worked OK 11-13-01?
12
Testicular Cancer Dictionary, ACOR; worked as of 11-13-01
13
Cancer Web Medical Dictionary, quite extensive,
now linked to Google search engine. Unfortunately, it is marred by many minor errors in
grammar & punctuation, such as this: “A compound formed by the union of two compound's and
easily converted to the original compound's (hydrolysis)”; and “Fine collagenous
fiber's in the matrix of osseous tissue.” and “used as a diagnostic aid in heptatic function
determination.” Plurals in English are NOT formed with an apostrophe,
not even in the UK or in NZ..
14 old URL for the
CancerWeb Medical Dictionary, probably a dead link now.
15
Eye Cancer Dictionary or Glossary; OK as of 11-12-01 & OK on 4-5-03
16
Cancer Glossary from Oncolink, University of Pennsylvania
17
Breast Cancer Dictionary from JSonline; Works OK as of 11-12-01
18
Cancer Glossary compiled by the Nursing Advisory Board of Pharmacia
& Upjohn Company
19
Glossary of Breast Cancer Terms adapted from “Dictionary of Cancer Terms”
by CancerNet
20 Glossary of Oncology
Terms, Cheshire Medical Centre, NH; Worked OK 12.16.02 & on 3.26.03
21
Oncology Terms - mtdesk.com; worked as of 11-13-01
22 CancerGuide Tour
23 CancerNet
24
The Cancer Dictionary from Facts on File, Inc.; works as of 11-13-01
25
Lymphoma Terms from lymphomainfo.net; works as of 11-13-01
26
Glossary of Terms from the Lymphoma Research Foundation of America
27
Radiation Oncology Glossary from cardinalhealthsystem.org;
Worked OK on 11-12-01
28
Mesothelioma Information Center, Glossary of Terms from The Mesothelioma
Information Center in Dallas, TX
29
Cancer Glossary: 203 layman's definitions by Simon Cotterill
30
Innere Klinik - Tumorforschung Medical technical articles in English on oncology, etc.
(some articles at this site are in German), Year 2001
31
Innere Klinik - Tumorforschung Year 2000, Medical technical articles in English on
oncology, etc. (some articles at this site are in German)
32
European Society for Medical Oncology: For Reference; includes databases of all abstracts
and full text of articles published in the ESMO Educational Book
33 Breast Cancer Information Clearing House
34 OncoTerm: Bilingual
System of Oncology Info & Resoures ; from OncoTerm, a research project on cancer
35
Glossary of Proton Treatment Terms adapted from the National Cancer Institute publication,
“Radiation Therapy and You: a Guide to Self-help During Treatment” from Active
Beam through Tumor & X rays
36
Cancer Condition Center -fro WebMD
37 JHPIEGO Glossary of Cervical
Cancer Terms, from acetic acid and cryotherapy to “Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid and Magnification”
38
Lymfkörtelcancer – lymfom barncancer Fonden. Swedish Oncology site
39 Worldwide Directory of Oncologists /
Hematologists: Hematology/Oncology Journals; Encyclopedias Online; Medical Texbooks Online in English,
Spanish, French and German
40 The Canadian Cancer Society's
Glossary: developed to help you understand cancer related words or phrases; available in English or French
41
NCI Dictionary from PDQ® - The Ohio State University Medical Center
42
Glossary of Cancer-related terms from the American Cancer Society.
43
cancer page from healthopedia.com
Xx <A HREF="http://www.leukaemia.demon.co.uk/glossary.htm" > Leukemia Dictionary, UK.
Redirect to new website DOES NOT WORK! Dead Link!
45 Online Cancer Guide: a comprehensive resource providing complete information on
various types of cancers such as prostrate cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer, skin cancer, throat, blood cancer, brain cancer, bone cancer, etc.
46 Cancer Information Guide: Information on cancer includes most types of cancer such as
skin cancer, bladder cancer, bone cancer, brain cancer etc., with expert
information on their causes, symptoms, risk factors and treatment
procedures.
Xy
Cancer Terms dead link! No longer online as of June, 2001; check with
hhhcancercenter.com/nmhc
¶ See also LINK to Robert Young's Phoenix5 prostate cancer glossary, in Section A above
D. Dental & Orthodontic web pages & glossaries
1 Dental & Orthodontic, Dental braces
info, Copyright © 1999 by Rich Masel
2 A HREF="http://www.bigsmile.com/procedures DEAD LINK in 2005 - it was a Dental Procedures Dictionary from bigsmile.com
3 A HREF="http://www.cigna.com/dental/glossary.html DEAD LINK in 2005
it WAS a Dental Terms Glossary
4 A HREF="http://www.pe.net/~iddpc1/denterm1.htm - DEAD LINK in 2005
Dental Terms from www.pe.net
5
Patients' Dental Dictionary by docsonline.com
6
Dictionary of Dental Terms by Rich Masel
7 Brazilian dental site with
English, Spanish & Portuguese with Indexes
8
Suvison bilingual dental glossary English-Spanish and Spanish-English (online version of
the PAHO/WHO glossary of dental terms)
9
FDI Dental Lexicon, English, French, German and Spanish; 2nd Edition, 1985.
You cannot browse a list, you have to type a word into a field and press the 'Submit Query' button. We tried the
SIMPLEST of queries, i.e. “braces", but all I got was “No Records Found! Try another word ”. And got the same
disappointing lack of results when we tried the word “Hammond". We found it worthless...
10. See Dental Terminology Dictionary in English, Spanish, German and Italian, the last item listed
under Part 6. Trilingual or Multilingual sites below. See also Items 38-41 under German Medical
11 www.glossarist.com/glossaries/health-medicine-fitness -
a List of Dental Glossaries from the Glossarist, including: a. A dictionary of dental terms - Extensive and comprehensive dictionary
of Dentistry and Orthodontic terms.
b. Dental Glossary - Dental Review Online - A glossary of dental terms.
c. Oral Physiology Dictionary - A Dictionary designed to assist students studying Oral Physiology, cross referenced and cross linked.
d. Dental Glossary - Definitions of terms relating to Dentistry and Oral Hygene.
e. Dental Implant Glossary - Detailed glossary of terms used in relation to Dental Implants.
f. Patient's Dental Dictionary - A dictionary with explanations of common dental related terms, procedures and surgery.
g. Dental Terminology An alphabetical list of both Dental and Dental Benefits terms.
h. CIGNA.com - News & Learning: Glossaries
12 Dentistry Glossary, ©2000
from Dentistry.com . From abrasion to xerostomia
13 SUVISION Dental World Links to bilingual FDI Glossary entries in English, German,
French OR Spanish; but you cannot browse it; you must type in a term into a box and then click on “Submit Query”
14 Orthodontics Glossary, in Dutch only from a group
of orthodonists in the Netherlands. You have to type in one word at a time & click on Zoek. I did this
with a word it does not list “neuropsychologisch&lrdquo; and it just froze up with a sky blue screen.
Then I typed in Dutch words that it shouldn't KNOW: “beugel&lrdquo; and and “kies&lrdquo; but I got
the same disappointing result: NOTHING.
15 glosario ilustrado de terminos odontologicos
Creado por A. Galiano, Medicina-Multimedia.com; Madrid.
16
English-German dictionary / thesaurus by the Deutsche Zahnärztliche Zeitschrift
17
mouth-teeth page from healthopedia.com
18
dental-and-oral-images from healthopedia.com
19 \
Italian-English-Spanish & German Dictionary of Dental Terminology - terminologia dentale by Infodent Internet
for Dental glossaries in French, see also "Frenchdental" below
E. Diabetes & Kidney-related glossaries - sites em inglês, com um
site em francês
, outro em espanhol, e um site em português.
1
Diabetes Dictionary, Children from NIDDK (in layman's terms)
2
Diabetes Dictionary by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and
Kidney Diseases
(NIDDK)
3
Diabetes A-Z from the diabetic digest
4
Rick Mendosa's huge Diabetes Directory: dozens of excellent Links to informative sites on
diabetes, neuropathy, etc.
5 Rick Mendosa's excellent Diabetes
Directory: dozens of great Links to informative sites on diabetes: Non-English Web Sites
6
Neuropathy on the Web by Rick Mendosa. This man has done his homework!
7
On-line Diabetes Resources by Rick Mendosa
8
Jennie Brand-Miller's The Glucose Revolution: The Authoritative Guide to the
Glycemic
Index
9
Diabetes Dictionary from the NIH
10
Insulin terms Glossary from insulin-free.org
11
Home page of the American Diabetes Association. No Glossary but lots of info.
12 American Diabetes Association, different URL for
their main page?
13 Diabetes
Glossary from the University of Pennsylvania Health System.
Last updated in March, 1999?
14 MediLinks Diabetes
information sites. not a glossary.
15 Children With Diabetes
16
GI/GU/Liver & Kidney Transplant Glossary from Dartmouth University
17
kidneypatientguide Glossary in layman's language, UK
18
Kidney Failure Glossary - words that are often used when people talk or write about kidney
failure and its treatments
19
Ressources Internet sur le Diabète (source Alfediam). Mostly
English-language resources are listed here. But this page by Pierre Yves Benhamou is almost all in French. No
Glossary.
20
A glossary of kidney terms from russlover
21
Diabetes Condition Center from WebMD
22a Diabetes information in Spanish from
the CDC; There is a LINK to a Spanish-only glossary here:
22b Diccionario de
la Diabetes: se definen vocablos que con frecuencia se emplean al hablar o al escribir sobre la diabetes
23 Diabetes 123 - Diabetes Dictionary:
24 DiabeteNet.Com.Br
Brazilian diabetes site, all in Portuguese. There is a glossary of diabetes terminology they
are calling “Diabetologuês ”. A lay person's explanation of basic terms relating to diabetes:
"um vocabulário básico e simplificado dos principais termos relativos ao assunto ”.
25 Engraftment of transplanted pancreatic islets
(article/thesis in Swedish language), Engraftment av transplanterade Langerhanska öar
F. eMedicine: Instant access to the minds of medicine..
Thousands of Medical Review Articles . · . Index of eMedicine journals:
1
October, 2000 . · Volume 1, No 10
2
November, 2000 . · Volume 1, No 11: Medical Review Articles
3
December, 2000 . · Volume 1, No 12; Medical Review Articles
4
January, 2001 . · Volume 2, No 1 - Medical Review Articles
5
February, 2001 . · Volume 2, No 2 - Medical Review Articles
6
March, 2001 . · Volume 2, No 3 - Medical Review Articles
7
April, 2001 . · Volume 2, No 4: 107 Medical Review Articles
8
May, 2001 . · Volume 2, Number 5: 248 Medical Review Articles
9
June, 2001 . · Volume 2, No 6: 426 Medical Review Articles
10
July, 2001 . · Volume 2, No 7: 570 Medical Review Articles
11
August, 2001 . · Volume 2, No 8: 316 Medical Review Articles
12
September, 2001 . · Volume 2, No 9: 662 Medical Review Articles
13
October, 2001 · Volume 2, Number 10: 494 Medical Review Articles
14
November, 2001 · Volume 2, Number 11: 693 Medical Review Articles
15
December, 2001 · Volume 2, Number 12: 530 Medical Review Articles
16
January, 2002 . · Volume 3, No 1: 515 Medical Review Articles
17
February, 2002 . · Volume 3, No 2
18
March, 2002 . · Volume 3, No 3
19
April, 2002 . · Volume 3, No 4: hundreds of medical review articles
20
May, 2002 . · Volume 3, Number 5: hundreds of medical review articles
21
June, 2002 . · Volume 3, No 6: hundreds of medical review articles
22
July, 2002 . · Volume 3, No 7: hundreds of medical review articles
The following anticipated pages DO NOT SEEM TO EXIST!
The last journal of this series appears to be the July 2002 issue. It appears that they
simple ceased posting their journals at that point.. :-(
23
August, 2002 . · Volume 3, No 8: no Medical Review Articles. Nothing. Nada
24
September, 2002 . · Volume 3, No 9?? Nothing; this pages does not exist
25
October, 2002 · Volume 3, Number 10: Nope
26
November, 2002 · Volume 3, Number 11: Nothing here
27
December, 2002 · Volume 3, Number 12: does not exist
28
January, 2003 . · Volume 4 forget it
G. Gastro-Enterology, Digestive System, Nutrition, Food Safety and Eating Disorders
1
Nutrition Glossary from lifeservices.com
2
Gastrointestinal system - Medical College of Wisconsin
3
Digestive Health and Disease: A Glossary Understanding Your GI Tract
4
The Atlas of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy pictures & info on Esophagus,
Stomach,
Duodenum & Ampulla, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Colon & Ileum, etc.
5.
Glossary of Food Safety Terms by the Food Safety & Quality Project, Iowa State
University
6.
Glossary of Terms from the Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
7.
Complete Source of Nutritional Information from nutritionfocus.com
8.
glossary of Digestive Disorders from the University of Maryland Medicine
9.
Digestive and Medicinal Glossary from HealthSuperstore.com: entries go from
Achene & Achlorhydria to Yerba Santa & Yucca Root. This page is full of typos, poor
punctuation and mediocre grammar, such as “Modern herbalist's still use it...”
and “glossory”; <Herbalist's say its steroid-like compounds actually contain
the hormones testosterone, progesterone and cortin>
10. Columbia Univ. Gastroenterology
11.
Glossary from the Portland Digestive Disease Research Center, from Abdominal
Paracentesis to Video Esophagram
12.
Digestive Disorders Glossary from Community Health Care in Wasau, MI:
from abdomen & absorption through Zenker's diverticulum & Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
13.
Geri Ann Glossary by Richard Rathe, MD at univ. of Florida, 1995-1998: from “Activities of
Daily Living” to “Urinary Incontinence Treatment ”.
14.
Review Glossary by
http://www.acg.gi.org/acg-dev/patientinfo/frame_gitract.html
Digestive Health and Disease: A Glossary - Understanding Your GI Tract
15.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Glossary by Shawn Eric Case
16.
Digestive & Liver Disorders Glossary - University of Utah Health
Sciences
Center
17.
Dr. Greenson's Gastrointestinal & Liver Pathology Extravaganza
18. Digestive
Diseases Dictionary, by the National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive & Kidney Diseases; last updated
in 2000?
19. Gastroenterology Glossary
from www.medhelp.org
20. Gastrolab Gastrointestinal Encyclopedia, a
dictionary for people with digestive diseases and for medical students and health care professionals.
Ultimately there will be no medical term in the field of gastroenterology that will not get its
explanation in this site.
20. Gastrolab' Mag-Tarm Lexikon
H. Genetics, Molecular Biology & Genomics glossaries, biotechnology
1
Human Gene Mutation Database
2 A Hypermedia Glossary
of Genetic Terms prepared & presented by Dr. Birgid Schlindwein -
http://hal.weihenstephan.de/genglos/asp/genreq.asp?list=1
3
GeneClinics: Medical Genetic Info
4
Encyclopedia of E. coli Genes & Metabolism
5
List of terms, concepts & techniques commonly used in genetics and molecular biology.
6
Glossary of Genetic Terms from the National Human Genome Research Institute
7
Alpha glossary list/glossary categories & search engine from Cambridge
Healthtech Institute - www.genomicglossaries.com/content/genomics_glossary.asp
8 Glossaries of Genome/Human
Genetics Terms from the Genetics Education Center of the University of Kansas; Links
to 34 glossaries are listed here; all are in English only
9 Glossaries of Genome/
Genetic Conditions/ Rare Conditions; Support Groups & Information = Languages other than
English; Directory from the Genetics Education Center of the University of Kansas
10
human genome, genetics glossary from HGMIS
11 Genome
Glossary: a glossary of genetic terms from the DOE Human Genome Program.
12
Glossary of Genetic Terms from geneticsnow.com. It's excellent.
13
Genomics Lexicon from PhRMA Genomics... See #13 below
14
PhRMA, FGM: The Genomics (Genetic Medicine) Lexicon: a searchable database of terms
& definitions
15
Genome Glossary ORNL
16
Human Genome Project Information. A glossary of genetic terms from the DOE Human
Genome Program.
17
Peter Ford's genetics glossary, last updated in 1997 (out of date!?)
18
Forest Genetics Glossary by C. Maynard. Last updated 06/12/1996??
19
Genetics Glossary from Mapping Our Genes The Genome Projects: How Big, How
Fast?
20 la Génie Génétique:
Lexique Anglais-Français (English-French Genetic Engineering Glossary)
21
Glossary of `istry & Molecular Biology by David M. Glick
22
Molecular Biology Glossary - A Quick and Dirty Reference to Terms Used in
Molecular Biology.
By Dr. Robert H. Lyons, Director of the University of Michigan DNA Sequencing Core.
23 Biotech Life
Science U of Texas, Dictionary: over 8,300 terms dealing with
biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, cell biology and genetics. http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/search/dict-search.html
24
Biotech Life Science Search; U of Texas, Dictionary: Search 8,300 terms
dealing with biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, cell biology and genetics.
25
Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology. But online free access is restricted
to occasional use (1 day out of every 90 days). They try to get you to buy it on CD ROM.
26
United Nations Interpretation: Genetic Engineering Glossary French, English
& Spanish (very limited). You have to first click on <Glossaries>, then choose and click on one of 7
language combinations to the right of the words “Genetic Engineering ”.
27 www.angelfire.com/ca/vlietstra/af.html
Biology Dictionary, Three complete online searchable dictionaries
28
un glossaire de la génétique moleculaire - la génie
génetique. Glossary in French and English; definitions are in French.
29 Mendelian Inheritance in Man from the
NIH
30
Bioinformatics Glossary from IncyteGenomics: key words from Annotation, BAC, &
BLAST to WWW2GCG and YAC
31
glossary of medical terms relating to Noonan syndrome from TNSSG Inc.
32
Bioweb.CH bioltechnologie information in French ONLY, Switzerland
33
Genomics Lexicon: a searchable database of terms and definitions
34
biotech glossary from biotechmedia.com
35
Biotechnical Glossary for the 21st Century
36
Genetics Glossary by Peter Ford, UK
37
Lexique Génetique Anglais-Français
38 Glossary of Genetic
Terms from the Genetic Science Learning Center at the Eccles Institute
of Human Genetics University of Utah. From acrocentric to zygote.
39 Glossary of the
Science of Genetics
40 The Dictionary of Cell &
Molecular Biology. Third Edition, by JM Lackie & JAT Dow
41 In Spanish: Glosario de Términos Genéticos, from
the National Human Genome Research Institute (El Instituto Nacional de Investigación del Genoma Humano)
42 In
Mueller: Emery's Elements of Medical Genetics from fleshandbones.com
43 Glossary of
Genetics - Rockefeller (content is the same as http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/glossary)
44 Glossar:
Molekularbiologie und forensische DNA-Analyse (German version of the previous item (43) at
http://linkage.rockefeller.edu/wli/glossary/genetics.html
45
Illustrated GeneTests Glossary of Genetics, from affected to zygosity testing.
46
Genomics Online Terms from Foundation for Genetic Medicine, Inc.
47 Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes & Genomes Detailed
information in English only, no Japanese.
48 Medische Biotechnologie Dutch
language glossary from the Netherlands Ministry of Public Health and Welfare
49 Glossary of
Biochem Terrorism: from agreoterrorism to weapons of mass destruction
50 Atlas of Genetics and
Cytogenetics in Oncology and Hematology: www.infobiogen.fr/services/chromcancer
51
Atlas de Genêtica e Citogenêtica em Oncologia e Hematologia Portuguese version of #50
above, translated into Portuguese by Geraldo A. S. Passos, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazi.
52 OMIM Online Mendelian
Inheritance in Manwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Omim
53 Nomenclature Guidelines
www.gene.ucl.ac.uk/nomenclature/guidelines.html
54 The Genetic Location
Database - cedar.genetics.soton.ac.uk/public_html
55 Multilingual
Glossary of Forest Genetic Resources in English, German, French and Spanish
56 Glossar der Fachausdrücke
in German only, by Rupert Sheldrake, “Das Gedächtnis der Natur", 1993
57 TransGen Lexikon: Transparenz für
Gentechnik German Language genetics glossary, Auch: Die TransGen-Datenbank
58 the GAPS Index
to Information on the Internet about Genetic Disorders and Birth Defects: from Abduction
and Aberration to Y chromosome.
59 Dr-Belair Genetics
dictionary EN-FR : Dictionnaire anglaias-français de génétique
60 UCMP Glossary:
Biochemistry. Also includes glossaries on: Phylogenetics; Geology; Cell biology;
Ecology; Life history; Zoology; Botany; änd Paleogeography
61 Glossaire de la biotechnologie
pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture
62?
http://www.kumc.edu/instruction/medicine/genetics/glossnew.html
is a DEAD URL: this glossary no longer exists, so we don't include a LINK to it here.
I. Heart & Lungs, pulmonary, cardiology & cardiovascular
1
Heart Surgery Glossary by healthwatch.medscape.com
2
Glossary of perfusion technology, open heart surgery & cardiology; Medical
University of South Carolina
3
info on the heart muscle disease called Cardiomyopathy
4 Heart Surgeons' Glossary (from Mid
Atlantic Surgical Associates
5 I "Mega-trial" Cardiologici: gli
Acronimi in English &
Italian, Acronyms & Giornale telematico di informazione scientifica medico-cardiologica
6
Cardiovascular system - Medical College of Wisconsin
7
Respiratory system - Medical College of Wisconsin
8
Glossary of Pulmonary & Cardiovascular Terms in English, by
André, about 25
pages
9
American Heart Assoc - AHA Glossary
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=10000056
10
Cardiovascular Terms Univ of Utah, School of Pharmacy
11
Glossary of Cardiovascular Terminology - Trinitas Hospital
12
Cardiovascular Terminology from TMC.edu
13
Pacemaker Glossary medtronic
14
Pacemaker terms sjm.com
15 MedHunt: Medical Document finder
from
Health on the Net Foundation, HON.ch, in Switzerland -
http://www.hon.ch/MedHunt/MedHunt_f.html
16
Devices Reviewed by the Division of Cardiovascular & Respiratory Devices
(defibrillator, pacemaker, cardiac monitoring device, etc.
17 Heart Info Network Glossary of
Terms...
18
Hypertension Network Glossary on high blood pressure
19 Texas Heart Institute Glossary of
Terms
20
Heart Failure, a Glossary of cardiovascular terms from Guidant.
21
The Pulmonary Paper, Glossary of Terms (from Alveolus & Arterial
Blood Gas to Tracheostomy & Vital Capacity)
22 Medical dictionary from the
Canadian Heart & Stroke Foundation; excellent. From ACE inhibitors to
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. Comprehensive source of info on heart diseases
and stroke.
23 Heart Preview
Gallery - a
tour of the heart based on The Franklin Institute's walk-through Heart
exhibit. See
http://sln2.fi.edu/biosci/glossary.html for very short glossary
24 Heart Wise UK & Overseas Heart
Society - no glossary that I could find
25 MASA Heart Surgery
Glossary
English terms explained in English. DEAD LINK when I tried it repeatedly on 5-22-2002
26 Glossary of
Terms Used in Time Series Analysis of Cardiovascular Data, from Akaike
information criterion, Aliasing & Anacrotic pulse through Z analysis and Zero-padding. Last updated in
August_2001
27
Glossary of Terms and Acronym Expansions for Perfusion Technology, Open Heart Surgery and
Cardiology from the Cardiovascular Perfusion Education Program & Life Support Departments of the Medical
University of South Carolina
28 Yale University School of Medicine
HEART BOOK; Medical Editors Barry L. Zaret, M.D., Marvin Moser, M.D., Lawrence S. Cohen, M.D. Last updated 9 April 2002 (all book content is from 1992 edition).
Unfortunately, the glossary www.med.yale.edu/library/heartbk/glossary.pdf is in PDF format, would not load. PDF is an annoying, useless and proprietary format.
Deus me livre do pecado de pôr mais PDFs no mundo... Formatozinho nojento.
29
CardioSource: a collaboration of Elsevier and the American College of Cardiology Foundation
30 Distúrbios do Coração
e dos Vasos Sangüíneos - Capítulo 27 do Manual Merck: Doença Arterial Coronariana. A
doença arterial coronariana é um distúrbio no qual depósitos ...(in Portuguese)
31 Angioplastia facilitada
de Liliana Grinfeld (in Spanish). Ella es Jefa Servicio de Hemodinamia y Cardiología
Intervencionista, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
32 Saludcardiovascular.com: un portal
especializado en la enfermedad cardiovascular y en sus principales factores de riesgo:
hipertensión, dislipemia, diabetes y tabaquismo.
33 How Congestive
Heart Failure Works, article by Carl Bianco, M.D., part of "How Stuff Works"
J. Managed Care, HMO, health insurance, Medicare and Healthcare industry
1 Managed Health Care - a Brief Glossary
2
Glossary of Terms in Managed Health Care (Pam Pohly's Net Guide);
http://www.pohly.com/terms.shtml
3
MCOL Managed Care Dictionary - contains over 380 managed care terms
4
Pam Pohly's Net Guide: Glossary of Words Used in Managed Care
5
Health Insurance Benefits Vocabulary from BenefitPerks.com
6 PDR.net for
consumers Healthcare Information You Can Trust
7
Medicare Glossary from the U.S. government
8
Glosario de Términos Medicare glossary in Spanish
9
Glossary of key terms related to health insurance and the issue of the
uninsured prepared by CoveringtheUninsured.org
10
Healthcare Informatics - the Latest Word, by Pamela Tabar
11
Glossary of Healthcare Terms from ehealthcoach.com
12
Health insurance glossary; managed health care; in Portuguese only
13
Glossário Sul América Saúde; Health insurance, in Portuguese only. Slow
to load, even though it is only a few pages. Similar to http://www.abrigo.com.br/glossario.htm
14
Glossary: Healthcare Terminology Made Simple
15
Glossários de Odontologia, de Seguros; downloadable Dental and Insurance Glossaries in Portuguese from UniBero,
http://www.unibero.edu.br/glossarios_mno.asp; also Glossário de Teologia & Glossário de Sociologia, downloadable.
16 Glossary of Insurance
Terms from NILS INSource on the web
17. A Swiss glossary site about
insurance (including Health Insurance). This site includes French, Italian and English but as separate
pages; nothing is bilingual or trilingual. Thus, in order for you to find out that “Health Care Service
Regulations ”is the English equivalent of “Krankenpflege-Leistungsverordnung, ”you have to scroll down
to a green area on the left side of the screen where you find the words Deutsch Français Italiano
English and click on German, or the other language you might need.
K. Musculo-Skeletal System, Osteoporosis and Human Anatomy
glossaries
1. DEAD LINK: DAVID Online Atlas of Human Anatomy for Clinical Imaging Diagnosis
Developed by J.C. Oberson MD. Copyright ® 1998.
An excellent resource. The following 27 pages (and a hundred others
not listed here) are all sub-pages of DAVID: DEAD LINK?
2. NOW DEAD LINK : http://www.cid.ch/DAVID/Bon/Bon01.html
Occipital bone, - detailed definitions & illustrations
3. Now a DEAD LINK!: http://www.cid.ch/DAVID/Bon/Bon05.html
Cervical vertebrae, - detailed definitions & illustrations
4. Now a DEAD LINK!: http://www.cid.ch/DAVID/Bon/Bon06.html
Thoracic & Lumbar vertebrae, - detailed definitions & illustrations
5. Now a DEAD LINK!: http://www.cid.ch/DAVID/Bon/Bon08.html
Thoracic Skeleton, Ribs and Sternum - detailed definitions
6. Now a DEAD LINK!: http://www.cid.ch/DAVID/Bon/Bon08.html
Cranial bones and Skull - detailed definitions
7. Now a DEAD LINK!: http://www.cid.ch/DAVID/Bon/Bon10.html
Sphenoid bone (os sphenoidale) - detailed definitions
8. Now a DEAD LINK!: http://www.cid.ch/DAVID/Bon/Bon11.html
Frontal bone and - detailed definitions & illustrations
9. Now a DEAD LINK!: http://www.cid.ch/DAVID/Bon/Bon12.html
Ethmoid Bone And Inferior Nasal Concha - detailed definitions & illustrations
10 Now a DEAD LINK!: http://www.cid.ch/DAVID/Bon/Bon13.html
Lacrimal bone, Vomer and Nasal bone - detailed definitions & illustrations
11 Now a DEAD LINK!: http://www.cid.ch/DAVID/Bon/Bon14.html
Maxilla: Upper jaw bone - detailed definitions & illustrations
12 Now a DEAD LINK!: http://www.cid.ch/DAVID/Bon/Bon15.html
Palatine bone - detailed definitions & illustrations
13 Now a DEAD LINK!: http://www.cid.ch/DAVID/Bon/Bon16.html
Zygomatic bone - detailed definitions & illustrations
14 Now a DEAD LINK!: http://www.cid.ch/DAVID/Bon/Bon17.html
Mandible (mandibula): Lower jaw bone - detailed definitions & illustrations
15 Now a DEAD LINK!: http://www.cid.ch/DAVID/Bon/Bon18.html
Hydoid bone - detailed definitions & illustrations
16 Now a DEAD LINK!: http://www.cid.ch/DAVID/Bon/Bon19.html
Nasal cavity - detailed definitions & illustrations
17 Now a DEAD LINK!: http://www.cid.ch/DAVID/Bon/Bon20.html
Orbit: Bilateral cone-shaped bony cavity that contains the eyeball - definitions
&
illustrations
18 Now a DEAD LINK!: http://www.cid.ch/DAVID/Bon/Bon22.html
Appendicular Skeleton & the Pelvic and Shoulder Girdles - definitions &
illustrations
19 21 Now DEAD LINKS!: http://www.cid.ch/DAVID/Bon/Bon25.html
Humerus - detailed definition & 3 illustrations
22 Now a DEAD LINK!: http://www.cid.ch/DAVID/Bon/Bon26.html
Radius - detailed definitions & 3 illustrations
23 Now a DEAD LINK!: http://www.cid.ch/DAVID/Bon/Bon27.html
Ulna - detailed definitions & three illustrations
24 Now a DEAD LINK!: http://www.cid.ch/DAVID/Bon/Bon28.html
Carpal bones - detailed definitions & 3 illustrations
25 Now a DEAD LINK!: http://www.cid.ch/DAVID/Bon/Bon29.html
Metacarpal bones and metacarpus - detailed definitions & illustrations
26 Now a DEAD LINK!: http://www.cid.ch/DAVID/Bon/Bon30.html
Bones of the fingers & hand - detailed definitions & illustrations
27 Now a DEAD LINK!: http://www.cid.ch/DAVID/Bon/Bon04.html
Vertebral Column & Vertebrae - detailed definitions & illustrations
28 Now just another DEAD LINK!: http://www.cid.ch/DAVID/Bon/Bon03.html
Parietal bones, - detailed definitions & illustrations
29
Bone Marrow Transplant Stanford University Med School
30
Bone Marrow Glossary from the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia
Presbyterian Medical Center
31
Osteoporosis Glossary by Aventis also some general info in French & German
32
Osteoporosis Glossary thriveonline (only about 1½ pages)
33 Osteoporosis
Glossary by Aventis letter "B"; but the letters AGHIL&N were
just blank pages
DEAD LINK: http://www.cid.ch/DAVID/Bon/Bon23.html
Scapula (shoulder blade) - detailed definitions & illustrations
DEAD LINK http://www.cid.ch/DAVID/Bon/Bon24.html
Clavicle (collar bone) - detailed definitions & 2 illustrations
20
:-(
34
Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body by Bartleby.com. Excellent, complete!
35
Musculoskeletal system - Medical College of Wisconsin
36 Anatomical Planes, Aspects and
Directions Illustrated - Animations
37 Anatomical Word of the
Month: explanations of how anatomy-related words came about
38 Visible Human
(human anatomy) ~
39 Apuntes de
Anatomia: clasificación anatómica internacional (del Instituto Quimico Biológico).
Vease tb http://www.iqb.es/Diccio/A/Aciduria.htm www.iqb.es/diccio/g/gl.htm - the content
is excellent but screens are sluggish; if they spent less time and bandwidth on pretty graphics
and backdrops, it would be more impressive to me.
40 Glosario de la
Anatomia Humana Sistematica Aplicada, de
L. Natural, Homeopathic, Holistic & alternative medicine
,
herbal healing and Ethnic medicine
1
Homeopathy from mothernature.com
2
natural health, alternative medicine, anhydrosis, cholagogue, decoction
3
Diets and Therapies from mothernature.com
4
Homeopathy International
5
Alternative Medicine Glossary from life_enrichment.com
6
Herbs, Vitamins and Minerals from healthfinder.org
7
Wellness Guide to Dietary Supplements, from Aloe to Zinc; by UC Berkeley
8
Herbal/Botanical list from www.botanical.com
9
Herbs & Vitamins Glossary
10
Herbs, by Herblink.net, a glossary
11
Herbs, Vitamins & Minerals by trinitywellness.com
12
Herbs from wellnet.ca
13
Holistic Health Terms from innerself.com magazine
14
Allopathic & Natural Health Glossary, from “Abdominal muscles ”to
"Zygote intrafallopian transfer"
Try to avoid the main Intro page that is in PDF format only....
15
DocteurHomeo.com l'homéopathie et la phytothérapie pratique!
16 in French:
Liens externes aux sites reliés aux médecines douces, naturopathie,
homéopathie, etc.
17
Ethnomed: Ethnic medicine information from Harborview Medical Center;
Includes Culture Specific Pages for Amharic, Cambodian, Chinese, Eritrean, Ethiopian, Mexican, Oromo, Somali,
Tigrean, Vietnamese
18
A Naturosofia: una introdução às terapias; (in Portuguese, from Portugal)
19 Medicinal
Plants glossary from Cefak K.G., Germany (also available in German)
20 Alternative, Holistic and Natural Medicine
Therapies promote optimal health and minimize the risks of heart attack, congestive
heart failure, stroke, pneumonia and other life-threatening diseases
21 Herbal Remedies for you claims to provide
"qualified medical information ”(about complementary and alternative medicine.
http://www.med-4-you.com/404,15484898631234567890105120871111/herbs/index.html
is their “Species Database Main Index ”with Latin Names and Common Names of plants
22 herbal medicine, medical, natural,
plants and herbs listed with their common and scientific names; Extensive
fact sheets . from herbalsafety
23 Yohimbe and Cockatoo Press' Viagra &
medicinal herbs dictionary; Last updated: August_22, 2000; heading is “Better sex with
mailorder Viagra”
24 Glossary of Herbs, Vitamins and
Minerals
25 Glossary of Herbs from wellnet.ca
25 Glossary of Herbs and
Vitamins from herba-medica
27 Glossary of Herbs, Vitamins and
Minerals from healthsalon.com
28 Alternative Therapies
Glossary, from Acupuncture and Aromatherapy to Traditional Chinese medicine
and Yoga
29
Glossary of Alternative Medicine: the Art & Science of Healthy Living
M. Neurosciences/Neurology, Headaches, Brain & nervous system dictionaries &
glossaries
1
Brain Tumor Patients Harvard;
2
Brain Tumor Glossary - ABTA
3
Brain Page by Jane in Maui
4
Brain Injury Glossary
5 Glossary of Terms
about the brain & its functions: axon, cerebral cortex, hypothalamus,
nervous system, neurons, neurology, etc.
6
Nervous system - Medical College of Wisconsin
7
Immune & Nervous System Glossary
8
National Spinal Cord Injury Association includes some glossary
9
Alzheimer's Glossary ¿ from www.alz.org
10 www.alzheimers.com
11 Brain &
Brain disorders Glossary from the Lundbeck Institute; but: “register
here (only for healthcare professionals).&rquo; What about the rest of us?
12
TBI Glossary - medical terms commonly associated with head injury
13 Migraine Glossary from the Headache and Migraine Management Journal Online. Among others: abdominal migraine, basilar artery
migraine, cluster headaches, inflammatory headaches, ophthalmoplegic migraine, rebound headache
14 Headaches and Migraines
Glossaryfrom AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Zomig drug site. topics
include classic migraine, common migraine, menstrual migraine, muscle contraction migraine,
ocular migraine, tension headache & vascular headaches
15 Mark Dubin's
NeuraLinksPlus Index Page
16 Bioscience Mnemonics
from Mneumonx
17 Brain Injury Glossary from waiting.com
18
Neurosurgical Terms from neurosurgery.org
19 Cognitive
Science Dictionary from the University of Alberta
20 ABTA Dictionary for Brain
Surgery Patients, Harvard
21 Terms for Cognitive Behavioral &
Neurologic
Disorders a Brainer..
last updated in 1997.....?
22 Encyclopedia of Cybernetics and Related
Philosophy Principia Cybernetica Web
23 Elsevier
Encyclopedia of Neuroscience 2nd Edition Updates (English & Dutch)
24 Extensive Etymology of
Neuroscience Prefixes
25
Neuroanatomical and Neurological Terms Glossary - Common, basic terminology
26
Neuroscience Glossary - UTMB in Utah
27 Neurologic
Disorder Information and Glossary Description, treatment, prognosis & links for a large
number of disorders. (from NIMH)
28 Neurology Handbook: A
compendium of www links presented as "chapters" in a virtual textbook
29 Neurology Signs and
Manifestations, with Brief Descriptions
30
Glosario Enciclopédico de Neurociencias y Salud Mental; in Spanish -
http://www.insm.es/glosario
31 Philosophy Encyclopedia Online Project
(Stanford) is it REALLY being continuously written & updated, as they claim?
32 Philosophy of Mind
Dictionary - Cooperative effort that defines main terms
33
Glossary: The Language of Central Pain Ouch!
34 MedFriendly: easy-to-read,
jargon-free information on a large number on topics, including neurology, psychology, dermatology, and
other medical areas. There is also a message board. MedFriendly is presented in an easy to understand and
conversational manner. Here, complex words are not used in the definition of medical terms without an explanation as to
what they mean. By Dominic A. Carone, Jr., M.S., Neuropsychology Internont
35
Glossary of Neurological Terms (Univeristy of Manitoba)
36
Glossary of Assessment Terminology from New Assessment: Early Childhood
Resources. From Action and Active Alert to Visual Defensiveness and Vocal Play.
37
German Society of Neurogenetics (auf Deutsch und Englisch)
38
Yahoo!s Neuroscience (list of web sites, not glossaries)
Alzheimer's Disease, with clear explanations in English
40
Neuroscience Glossary and Brief Tutorials from THE CEREBRAL CODE: Thinking a
Thought in the Mosaics of the Mind
a book by William H. Calvin
41
Neurobiology Glossary of Terms from the Neurobiology Department
42
Neural Definitions from John H. Krantz at Hanover College; from Amygdala
and Anterior
Cerebral Artery to Voltage. See also http://krantzj.hanover.edu/Krantz/
43 Web site of The Muscular Dystrophy
Association:
The source for news & information about neuromuscular diseases, MDA research and
services for adults and children with neuromuscular diseases and their families.
44
Illustrated Atlas of Ultrastructural Neurocytology: the neuron; the neuroglia; the blood
vessels; the choroid plexus; the peripheral nerves and ganglia; the meninges; abnormalities
44 Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy: BSE Glossary & Dictionary references from The BSE Inquiry
45 Neuroscience and
Medical Education Glossary??? on 8/12/2004, this site did not appear to exist, and all I
could get was “http://about.com/homework ”apparently a lame “Homework Help ”page with
nothing medical and nothing related to Neuroscience ...
N. Ophthalmology, Optical, Ocular, Eyes, and vision-related Sites & Glossaries
(English and Spanish)
1. Glossary of Vision and
Refractive Surgery Terms from the Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance
2.
Glossary of Vision Terms from the National Eye Institute
3.
Laser Eye Surgery PRK
4.
Glossary of Optical & Ophthalmological Terms from Medical Eye Services
5.
Visionary Dictionary of Terminology in Vision Research; written and maintained by
Lars Liden, BU
6. Vos yeux et votre
vision. Y inclus: votre optométriste, les lentilles de
contact, les maladies des yeux, la vision des bébés, des enfants,
les rayons ultra-violets: que sont-ils et comment se protéger?, la vision
et l'automobile, la vision des vieux
7. Glosario de Oftamalogía
by Dr. Demetrio Pita Salorio, Barcelona, Spain. Spanish & English, with
definitions only in Spanish. Contiene 6.537 términos ordenados alfabéticamente.
It has 6,537 terms with Spanish definitions, synonyms and English translation.
Es un diccionario terminológico de oftalmología, in Spanish only, from a team
of doctors in Barcelona, Spain
8.
Glosario de la Oftalmología, en español solamente: in Spanish only
9.
Glossary of Vision Terms from Vision-Therapy.com... from 20/20 and AC/A Ratio to
Yoked Prisms
10.
Visionary: a dictionary of terminology used in the study of vision
11.
Glossary of Sight Terms from Preserve Sight - Colorado
12.
Ophthalmology Online: A help guide for ophthalmologists and medical students
13.
Glossário Ladarvision, in Portuguese, by Alcon Laboratories, Inc.; from “Aba da
córnea” to “Vaporização”
14. Glossary, Terminology and
Definitions from Jahrling Ocular Prosthetics
15. MT Desk's Glossary of
Ophthalmologic Terms (a simple list with no definitions or translations)
16. Les maladies des yeux; la Recherche en
Ophtalmologie: an ophthalmological informative site IN FRENCH
17. Lexique de l'Institut de la Myopie:
a short but very informative illustrated glossary IN FRENCH. From Accommodation to Zonule
18.
comprehensive eye dictionary from careforyoureyes.com
19. Diccionario ojos2.com, in English and Spanish, from Mexico. I did
just like it says, clicked on any letter of the alphabet.. but all I got was a blank white screenful of nothing. Then after a minute
or so of loading, I finally got what looks like a good ophthalmological dictionary: here is one entry: Macroaneurisma arterial
retiniano (Retinal macroaneurysm): Alteración vascular retiniana fusiforme o sacular que aparece en individuos en edad senil y
de predominio femenino, afectos de ateroesclerosis, hipertensión arterial, diabéticos, anemia de células falciformes,
trombosis de rama venosa y enfermedades vasculares oclusivas. But when I tried to send email to ,
it just bounced back with a permanent error, undeliverable
20. Jaramar Opticas:
diccionario del ojo del Opt. Jorge Aranda Tello, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes
21. Portal da
Retina: Dicionário do Olho em português (in Portuguese only)
22. Glossary in English from Ashford Advanced Eye Care
in Australia. Includes these terms: Astigmatism; Closed Loop Tracking; Conventional LVC; Cornea; Diopters;
Enhancement; Epithelium; Excimer laser; Glare; Haze; Haloes; Higher order aberrations; Hypertropes; Hypermetropia;
Laser; LASIK; Level of your vision; Lower order aberrations; LVC; Microkeratome; Monovision; Myopes; Myopia;
Open loop tracking; Overcorrection; Presbyopia; PRK; Refractive surgery; Regression; Undercorrection; Wavefront device;
Wavefront map
O. Pharmaceutical, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry & Drug-related glossaries &
web sites, Drugs, and Dictionaries of Medical Abbreviations and Acronyms
1
Fertilitext by ProCare Pharmacy
2
Stedmans Pharmaceutical Terminology NOT FREE!? :-(
3
PDR.het, general pharma info
4
Pharmaceutical Lexicon http://www.pharma-lexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php
from UK-based pharma-lexicon.com,: medical & pharmaceutical acronyms and abbreviations
from their database of over 48,000 entries - there is a Spanish page here but when I tried
to open it all I got was an error message: Warning: Failed opening 'pages/medicaldictionary.html'
for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/pear') in /home/httpd/vhosts/medilexicon.com/httpdocs/index.php on line 316
See also http://www.pharma-lexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php
5
A guide to medical abbreviations, Medline Pro
6
Pharm-Lexicon's Medical Abbreviation Database with links to articles in PubMed
which allows access to abstracts. It claims to be a dictionary of more than 56,000
medical, biomedical and healthcare acronyms and abbreviations
7
Drug Interactions from mothernature.com
8
Pharmaceutical Glossary from PharmInfo.com - this page would NOT load for me on Sept.
22, 2002. Dead link?
9
informative 9-11.com pages on Pharmacy Resources, including Clinical Trials,
Drug Information, New Drug Approval, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers, prescription assistance, Online
Pharmacies, Organizations, etc. by the California Public Safety Academy
10
RxList: the Internet Drug Database in English and (some) Spanish; see also the top 200 at
http://www.rxlist.com/top200.htm
11
Internet Drug Index RXlist.com from About.com (same site as #8 above)
10 Drug Information
Association, Technical Term Translation Table: but this page would NOT
load for me on Sept. 20, 2002. Dead link?
11
Drug Information: Find information about more than 10,000 prescription and
over-the-counter medications
12
U.S. Pharmacopeia, Pharmaceutical and Drug Standards & Drug
Information, but no
glossary.
13
Novartis: Health, Care and Well Being. Pharmaceutical info on their products.
14
Pharmacology Glossary from AMSA, BU
15
UNCChem Glossary, Useful Materials Glossary, etc. from The Shodor
Foundation: a
non-profit research and education organization dedicated to the advancement of science and math
education
16 search engine for the Drug
Information Journal keywords starting with Volume 30 (1996) Issue #1 & all subsequent issues
17 ChemFinder:
Glossary and search for chemical names & molecular formulas.
Database & Lookup
18
RxList - The Internet Drug Index from Rxlist.com
19
Novartis: Health, Care & Well Being. Pharmaceutical info on their
products. Article entitled Preventing Cardiovascular Disease in type 2 Diabetes.
But no Glossary
20
ANDA, FDA, Drug Act. Yuk, it's in PDF format, so you can FORGET this one.
21 portal for pharmacology issues
as of 11-23-01, this page would NOT LOAD for me, all I got was error message:
Error Occurred While Processing Request; Windows NT error number 2 occurred. I could get NO part of the site
to load.
22 Glossary of medicines from
the MedicinesCompany.com
23
foundhealth.com - Health; Education; Patient Education; Pharmaceuticals:
from Avandia Rosiglitazone Maleate; CancerLinks Drug Search, and Prevacid Online to RxMed and the Ted
Noffs Foundation
24
General Glossary of Organic Chemistry from Eberlein
25 Prozac Glossary:
a glossary of terms related to depressive disorders and their medical treatment
26
Dictionary of Chemistry/Dicionário de Química (Diccionario de Química),
English-Português-Español; by Rainer Hopperdietzel, Rio de Janeiro
27
International Chemical Safety Cards, Program on Chemical Safety; in English
& many other languages; http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ipcs/icstart.html#hints
28 Glossary of Terms Used in
Medicinal Chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1998) from
Active transport & Address-message concept to Xenobiotic; Suite à
http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/iupac/medchem/ix.html plica lacrimalis
29
IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology; unfortunately, to browse or search this
compendium, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader
30
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. Commission on the Nomenclature of
Organic Chemistry. Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry
31
Dicionário Farmacéutico? I tried & tried to load
http://www.rafe.com.br/dicfarmaceutico/dicio.asp without success. Then I tried just
http://www.rafe.com.br and clicking on Dicionário Farmacéutico button. That worked, but it took me half an
hour to find that there is NO listing for “augmentina ”or “aumentina ”since you can only get the FIRST half of
the A's by clicking to that part of the alphabet. Very awkward, frustrating and difficult to navigate.
é muito difícil navegar neste site.
32 Portuguese-language site:
Tipos de Medicamentos com a letra A from Banco de Fármacos (each
letter of the alphabet is a separate page)
33 in Dutch: Woordenboek Organische Chemie (see link in Dutch section
below)
34
Mosby's Drug Consult Top 200; a compilation of the top 200 generic drugs
35 Excellent
Four-Language Drugs Glossary in English, Spanish, French and German.
“una amplia serie de términos en español sobre las drogas y sus diversas implicaciones en la salud y el
comportamiento humano, junto con los términos equivalentes en alemán, inglés y
francés“
36
Guide des Equivalents Thérapeutiques, le Médicament:
Spécialités pharmaceutiques par Dénomination Commune
Internationale (DCI) Mise à jour trimestrielle. L'Assurance Maladie, en mettant en ligne ce guide,
a la volonté d'en généraliser la diffusion à tous les médecins
37
Safetychecker; from Accolate (Zafirlukast) to Zyrtec: Most prescribed drugs; click on each
name for details.
38
Répertoire Commenté des Médicaments du Centre Belge d'Information Pharmacothérapeutique
39
Galaxy, Specific Drugs and Medications list
40 Online Drug Source: Pharmaceutical
Products, including Narcotic Analgesics; Penicillins and Beta-Lactamase Inhibitors; etc.
41
Drug Depletions and Interactions List; but only about 55 of the drugs listed here are
clickable links. The rest, just the name of a pharmaceutical product,not linked.
42 U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research; includes National Drug Code
Directory; New Prescription Drug Approvals, and links to Major Drug Information Pages
43
Permabond Chemical and Adhesives Glossary; from Acceptance Test, Accelerator, and
Acrylic Adhesive through Vulcanization, Weight Change, Wicking, Working Strength and Yield Value
44 pharmaceuticals biochemistry page from
Merck pharmaceutical company; in English, German, Spanish and French.
But every single word that I tried to query just gave me this:
"Your search produced no results. Please revise your search query and try again."
45
Aventinus - A Multilingual Term Database by Sofie Johansson Kokkinakis. Covers illegal
drugs, drug trade
routes, drug dealers, etc.
46 Medicine Info: an Index of
Medicine Trade names from Electronic Doctor (w.edoc.co.za - South Africa)
47 Glossary of Terms Used
In Medicinal Chemistry from the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry,
Medicinal Chemistry Section. English only? Some of these scientists are French....
chemistry-related words,
chemical compounds, organic chemistry; in Dutch, English,
German, & French
49
Pharmacia Canada; bilingual site but no glossary you can browse through;
50
Medical Abbreviations (with links)
51 Het Farmacotherapeutisch Kompas van het College
voor zorgverzekeringen - A Dutch language pharmaeceutical site with lookup
52 Glossary to
Accompany the Guidelines for the Pharmaceutical Industries or Preparation of Submissions
to the PBAC: from Absolute risk (rate) to Willingness to pay. It's Australian
53 El Glosario de
Terminos, an English-Spanish Glossary: from Actual Acquisition Cost and Additional
Copay to Wholesale Acquisition Cost
54 O Glossário de termos,
and English-Portuguese glossary: from Actual Acquisition Cost and Additional
Copay to Wholesale Acquisition Cost
55 Pharma Selecta, a Dutch-languge
pharmaceutical site with Glossary (Index van sleutelwoorden)
56
article by G. Lacchia, MD about Toxicology and Chemistry Resources (2004)
57 search ChemIDPlus -
Enter the name or registry number to search for chemicals (from the U.S. National Library of Medicine)
58 PHARMAVISTA GLOBAL DICTIONARY
This web page contains dictionary entries of pharmavista database; Unfortunately, clicking on
one of the word links here will NOT forward you to the global index of pharmavista!!!!
Why not? because you need a password to access the databases at www.pharmavista.ch
59 This page http://members.tripod.com/~r_hopper/ip_s.htm does not seem to exist!!
60 Translations of chemistry related words
Five languages are included: Dutch, English, German, French and Italian. It's part of the Dutch
Dictionary on Organic Chemistry.
61 Clinical Trials website with an extensive glossary in five languages
62 Spanish and English Pharmaceutical site from
the General Spanish Council of Pharmacists with statistics, pharmacological information, new medicines, etc. Mostly
about pharmacy industry in Spain.
63
a listing of half a dozen Pharmacy Dictionaries> from yourdictionary.com - also listed are Psychology Dictionaries and many other kinds, but not medical
64 Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference,
unfortunately, they require you to REGISTER and log in.
P. Psychology, Psychiatry & Mental Health pages, & Down
Syndrome, Autism
1
Children's Mental Health Terms
2
On-line Mental Health
3
Cognitive Science Dictionary Univ of Alberta, Canada
4
Psychiatry and Neurology Glossary by John F. Abess, M.D.
5
Suicide, Grief, Ethics - Lifeguard
6
Glossary from Anxiety Disorders Association of America
7
The ASAP Dictionary of Anxiety and Panic Disorders
8
Glossary of Children's Mental Health Terms
9 Mental Health Encyclopedia from
mentalhealth.com
10
Neurotrauma · Law Nexus Glossary of Terms; brain injury, spinal injury, neurotrauma.
From abducens nerve to white matter.
11 Phobia Names List
12 Social & Behavioral Sciences Encyclopedia from
iesbs.com
13
Suicide Terminology - Tripod, LifeGuard
14
Health and Social Services - Glossary of Acronyms (British terms only, no North American
terminology). By Martin Rathfelder, Manchester, UK
16
Mental Health Glossary from www.medhelp.org
17
Online Dictionary of Mental Health from human-nature.com -- Ian Pitchford and Robert M. Young - Last updated October, 1998!
Depression Condition Center
18 My
WebMD.com on Depression
19
CODT: “Cooperative Online Dictionary of Trauma;” A guide to terms relating to psychological reactions to extreme events.
20 Länkar: som vi tycker är intressanta och stimulerande.
A Swedish site with LINKS and info on autism (mostly in Swedish language)
21 English links
from the Finnish Information Center on Mental Retardation: includes links to
sites on: Aarskog Syndrome; Abidi X-linked Mental Retardation Syndrome; Åkesson syndrome;
Acrodysostosis (Arkless-Graham syndrome); Catania type Acrofacial dysostosis;
Addison-Schilder syndrome; Alagille Syndrome; Albright hereditary osteodystrophy;
Anisomastia; Arakawa syndrome; Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome; and hundreds more.
Q. Rheumatology, Arthritis, and Osteoarthritis sites
1
Arthritis info. A huge selections of useful LINKS from NOAH-Health
2
Arthritis from NOAH-Health. Same as previous link
3
Unversity of Birmingham, Dept. of Rheumatology, U.K. - No Glossaary
4
Glucosamine site in English from the Netherlands
R. Sleep and Sleep Disorders - trastornos del sueño
1
Sleep Apnea Glossary from www.sleep-apnoea-trust.org : from acromegaly to
uvulopalatopharyngoplasty
2 Everything you wanted to know about sleep but
were too tired to ask, www.sleepnet.com
3
Sleep Terms, Definitions and Abbreviations from www.sleepnet.com
4
Sleep Dictionary, including: Advanced Sleep Phase Syndrome, anticonvulsant,
bimaxillary advancement, bruxism, eneuresis, microsleep, hypersomnia, vigilance testing and wakefulness
5
About Sleep Disorders; good information, but not a glossary, exactly. A very commercial
site, in my opinion. Ever since I visited this web site, I get twice as much SPAM as before.
6
sleep disorders/un diccionario de los trastornos del sueño, (in Spanish)
S. Trauma, traumatology, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
1
technical, medical, traumatology, by Health Partners, Regions Hospital
2
David Baldwin's Trauma Information Pages focus primarily on emotional
trauma and traumatic stress, including PTSD (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder)
3
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, medicine, psychiatry
4
Trauma Management: Advanced Cardiac Life Support; Advanced Trauma Life Support;
Initial Orders for the Trauma Patient.
5 see listing for Cooperative Online Dictionary of Trauma under “Psychology, Psychiatry & Mental Health”
T. Miscellaneous English language Medical glossaries, Dictionaries & Encyclopedia
1. an excellent
medical-technical dictionary but a difficult site to navigate: each huge page has only a
stark heading such as: "Dictionary Contents: AS" and no clue as to how your browser might gain
access to other pages, other parts of the alphabet.
2. MedFriendly: easy-to-read, jargon-free
information on many on topics, including neurology, psychology, dermatology & other
medical areas. Message Board also accessible.
3. glossary `
of Hantavirus terms from The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
5.
Online medical dictionary Medifocus©; a medical dictionary by Category Listing
or by Alphabetical listing
6.
Medical Statistical Clinical Glossary
7.
Medical Dictionary - definitions of medical terms and terminology, including diseases, drugs,
and fields of medicine. The medical dictionary is available only to Dictionary.com Premium members.
BEWARE OF THIS DECEITFUL WEB SITE! It appears to be a thinly disguised commercial site with one clear
objective: to SELL YOU DRUGS by any means at their disposal: Pop-ups, banners, questionnaires and come-ons.
Their dictionary is copied/borrowed directly from The CancerWEB Project, British spelling and all.
8.
Fungal Glossary (you have to click on the word "Glossary"
9.
sinformative 9-11.com pages on Anesthesiology, Anatomy, Cardiology,
Dermatology, Disease Information, Emergency Medicine, Endocrinology, Family Medicine,
Gastro-enterology, Hematology, Infectious Diseases, Nephrology, Neurosurgery Neurology,
Obstetrics & Gynecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Oncology, Pathology, Pediatrics,
Pharmaceuticals, Psychiatry, Pulmonology, Radiology, Rheumatology, Surgery, Urology, etc. by
the California Public Safety Academy
10 Medical Dictionary
from South Africa: www.edoc.co.za/medilink... believe it or not, I
actually went to each of the 26 alphabetical pages of this dictionary site to count
the key words and see if there were any new and interesting terms I had not seen before.
I counted 3,508 terms.. but there may be a few more, since I could not get the page for
the letter “J” to load at all..
11. Abbreviated Medical Dictionary, histo.org
12
Medical Encyclopedia; The World Book Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center Medical
Encyclopedia & hosted by WebMD, Inc.
13 Medical Library from
HealthDiscovery.com, including Injuries Encyclopedia, Surgical Procedures, Medical Tests,
Medline, Clinical Trials, and Combined Health Information data base
14
Pathology - Ed Friedlander's excellent site
15
Spa Glossary
16
FastHealth Dictionary & Search. Based on Merriam-Webster's Medical
Dictionary Electronic Edition © 1997. Over a hundred short pages such as
http://www.fasthealth.com/dictionary/index_h-hel.php - Impossible to download it.
17
Human fertility Glossary
18
Medical Imaging Glossary (PDF!!) Please BOYCOTT PDF format! It's just Adobe's attempt
to dominate.
19
Radiology Info: Glossary of Terms
20 Collaborative Hypertext of Radiology(CHORUS);
a hypertext medical reference. More than 1100 documents describe diseases, anatomy, and radiologic findings
21
Medical Eponyms List
22
Graylab - UK, Medical Dictionary, quite extensive & impressive!
23
Talaria Medical Glossary: from Ablative surgery & Acupuncture to tolerance &
TENS
24
Medical Dictionary from the Histiocytosis Association of America; emphasis on hemotology
and oncology terms & medications. See also www.histio.org/association/library/index.shtml -
Online Library
25
Physiolibrary: Use PhysioBob, a cybernetic search agent to find the
information you are looking for. Clicking all the database options, PhysioBob will search
over 1,800 medical databases for you
26 Evidence-Based Medicine
Glossary UK
27
Glossary, Acronyms, & Index for Ask Dr. Stoll
28
Marrow Donor Glossary from the DHHS
29
Medical Dictionary; A Glossary of medical and technical terms (separate pages for each
letter of the alphabet)
30
Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary from intelihealth.com
31
Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary from intelihealth.com - a much too-complex URL !!
URL is
http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/9276/9276.html?k=navx408x9276
the content is excellent, but the site software is tricky, unreliable, annoying;
it crashes.
32 Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary;
(different URL) from HealthGate Data Corporation?
33
Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary; (yet another URL)
34
Dictionary of Ecological Epidemiology edited by Jonathan Swinton, UK
35
Reproductive Health | Glossary of Epidemiology Terms
36 CDC Glossary of
Terms from the Special Pathogen Branch, disease control & prevention
37 < A HREF="http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hanta/hps/noframes/glossary.htm">
Special Pathogens Branch: All About Hantavirus, a Glossary of Terms
38
MedicineNet Medical Dictionary, quite EXTENSIVE! (Smart Medicine)
39
MedicineNet Medical Dictionary, le même truc; same as #41
40
Medical Dictionary from MedicineNet.com
41
MedTerms Medical Dictionary from MedecineNet.com; with definitions
42
MedTerms Medical Dictionary ii
43 Merck Manual
Home Edition www.merckhomeedition.com, now enhanced with photos, animations, videos,
pronunciations, illustrations, & a comprehensive search engine See also
http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual about the The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy,
Mark H. Beers, M.D., and Robert Berkow, M.D., Editors
44
The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, Seventeenth Edition
45 Xrefer.com searches reference dictionaries,
including the Concise Medical Dictionary from Oxford University Press
46
Orthopedic Terms for Independent Medical Exams
47 Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics www.medmedia.com/orthoo/1111.htm (go directly to
alphabetical listing)
48
MPIP Medical Dictionary Lookup: lymph*ema returns the definitions which start with
'lymph' and end with 'ema'.
49
All About Multiple Sclerosis, Glossary from Paul Jones
50
Multiple Sclerosis glossary from MSNews.org
51
Nancy Pope's Multiple Sclerosis Glossary,International MS Support Foundation
52
Belgian League for Chronic Inflammatory Tissue Diseases in English or Dutch
(see glossary in English at /www.cibliga.com/en/term.html)
53
Medic8 Online Medical Dictionary; also Clinical Tools; Clinical Guidelines; Medical
Databases; Medical`Journals; Medic8 Search. You cannot browse this dictionary,you can only
plug in one term and click on the Search button.
54 Medical word list -
mtdesk.com see also http://www.mtdesk.com/frame.php?frame=glossary (Medical &
Surgery Glossary)
55
MT desk, Alphabetical Index of Terminology N-Z - Medical Equipment &
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers
55
MT desk, New Drugs/Equipment/Procedures/ Terminology
56
National Library of Medicine, PubMed listing: Enter one or more search terms, or
click
Preview/Index for advanced searching.
57
Nuclear medicine Glossary from neonflamingo.net
58
Alphabetical List of Specific Diseases/Disorders with extensive information
available on each one.. But it's not exactly a glossary... by the Swedish Karolinska Institutet. You
have to click on the name of a disorder, then remember what you clicked on so you can do a
Ctrl-F search for that word in the extensive & voluminous info screen you get..
59
Your Online Medical Dictionary: OMD is a searchable dictionary hosted by
CancerWEB It contains terms from biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, medicine, molecular biology, physics,
plant biology, radiobiology, science and technology
60
Terminology Commonly Used in Nuclear Medicine (very short glossary)
61
Acoustic Disorders Glossary from the NIH
62
Glossary of Anti-Aging Terms
63
Health Information Glossary from the NIH
64
Organ Donor Glossary from the US govt?
65
Physiotherapy glossary, Australian Ozonline: DEAD LINK on 12-23-01, says
André
66
Glossary by Access North - Disability Community of The North (2 pp)
67 Disability Related
Terminology Glossary. Unfortunately it's in PDF format and it caused my Adobe
Reader to jam and lock up repeatedly. It gave a frozen screen and a “File I/O Error"
68 Search the University of Iowa
Family Practice Handbook, a Virtual Hospital®
69
Epidemiology an in-depth dictionary of terms & easy to understand terminology. UK
70 Medical Center Library -
Dictionaries, Abbreviations, Acronyms & Initialisms; & MeSH Thesaurus from the
University of Kentucky, Medical Center Library
71 MRI Glossary by
FONAR.com; un glosario sobre terminología de resonancia magnética
72
Hepatitis (Liver Disease) Hepatitis-Central
73
Glossary of Terms for Hepatobiliary Diseases - the University of Chicago Hospitals
74
Glossary of Terms about hepatitis: from Acute Hepatitis to White blood cells
75
Hepatitis C glossary: the glossary is rather short but the site is quite useful
76 Bogus Medical Dictionary from Business.com
This is a very commercial site with sales pitches. Its content is literally borrowed from the
Cancer Web Medical Dictionary. (University of Newcastle upon Tyne© Copyright 1997-2004 - The
CancerWEB Project. ) This is mainly an online discount pharmacy store.
77
Poisons & Antidotes - from Botanical.com. 1942, posted as historical information only
78
Disease Reference - MedlinePlus
79
National Library of Medicine - MedlinePlus http://medlineplus.gov
80
NLM's Medlineplus Dictionaries
81
Medical Encyclopedia: the Adam Health Illustrated Encyclopedia includes over 4,000
articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. It also contains an extensive library
of medical photographs and illustrations. Page last updated 14 February 2001
82
orthopedic acronyms OAF
83
Physiotherapy Glossary from physio.web
84
Office of Rare Diseases: Terms and Definitions: A - E from the NIH
85
Office of Rare Diseases: Terms and Definitions: F - M from the NIH
86
Office of Rare Diseases: Terms & Definitions: N - R from the NIH
87
endometriosis glossary from thriveonline (only about 2 pages)
88
Terms for Preparing Consent Forms Stanford
89
Long-Term Care Glossary, AIU
90
AMA Insight Medical Glossary- AMA
91 Glossary of the
American Medical Association? But it's really a list of accreditation,
certification, licensure terms, etc. It is NOT a medical glossary in the traditional
sense
92
Medical Terms- ASGE manual
93
Blue Cross/Blue Shield Glossary online
94
University of Maryland's Comprehensive Glossary of Medical Terms. Excellent.
95 All the Virology on the www, a
Virology Glossary from Tulane University: www.tulane.edu/~dmsander/ATVGlossary.html#a
96
Encyberpedia in English, Medtarget
97
enter a keyword in the search field above, select
library and hit the “Go" button... or browse the glossary terms in alphabetical order by
clicking on the letterbar.
98
Excessive Sweating Resource a glossary; from Antiperspirants to Titanium Clips
99
Patient's guide (glossary) - each letter of the alphabet is a separate page. Canadian
100
Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology UK's MB Lab (John Lackie & Julian Dow)
start page is http://www.mblab.gla.ac.uk/~julian/Dict.html
101
The Internet Medical Education A Glossary for Physicians and other Health Care Providers
102 MedFact Medical
Dictionary or glossary http://www.medfacts.com/glossary.htm
103 Medical
Encyclopedia Extensive collection of basic info on medicine & biology.
104 The BioSpace Glossary -
Defining the Terms that Define Biotechnology - the most up-to-date glossary
related to biotechnology
105
BioTech Life Sciences U of Texas, search in dictionary
106
Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology from Harcourt -
includes Cardiology, Hematology, Medicine, Neurology, Oncology, Pathology, Pharmacology,
Radiology, Social Sciences, Surgery, & Veterinary Medicine (see also Harcourt dictionaries
in the French Language section below)
107
DrKoop.com's Medical Encyclopedia
108
National Library of Medicine, Medical Subject Headings
109
AcroMed -- a computer-generated database of biomedical acronyms and the associated long
forms extracted from of Medline abstracts
110
Physician databases, written in medicalese language. Lay persons are duly warned not to
“waste time” here.
111
Chronic Fatigue Glossary - Natl Centers for Infectious Diseases; it's only a few pages...
112
Dictionary of Metaphysical Healthcare Unnaturalistic Methods & Quackery
113
A comprehensive glossary of technical terms used in the mediweb. Created by Medical
Online. From Acute Pain: Allodynia, and Alkaloid to Tomogram, Ulnar and Volar
114 Family
Practice Handbook (Virtual Hospital) One of the most complete references on the Web
115 Frontiers in Bioscience
Database links, encyclopedia and journal
116 Medical Spellcheck Online, Spellex.com,
in English
117
ViaHealth Medical Glossary - ViaHealth Disease and Wellness Home
118
HairFacts: commercial-free hair removal facts for consumers. From Aavexx to Zoulla.
119
Perfusion Technology Glossary
120 A Dictionary of PRACTICAL MATERIA
MEDICA By John Henry CLARKE, M.D. - Site does not tell us ANYthing about this
voluminous compendium; to me, Andre, it appears to be a 19th century homeopathic dictionary
121
Diseases & Medical Terms in Old Documents by Edmund West - to help
interpret older medical records and unfamiliar medical terms; from Abcess and Addison's Disease to Winter
Fever and Yellow Fever. Basically, an old medical dictionary from mid 20th century?
122
occupational therapy Glossary in English, French, German & Spanish Definitions from
the World Federation of Occupational Therapists. Unfortunately it's in PDF format, which is rather
useless.. you Save As, copy or paste anything from it.
123
free-online-medical-dictionary? ? Forget this worthless site! In spite of
its name, there is no dictionary, no medical glossary here..
only spam, advertising, weight loss hype, penis enlargement... you get the picture.
Don't waste your time with this web page.
124 kidshealth.org/kid/word
KidsHealth: a Glossary of Medical Words explained in language any 5th grader can
understand, from ADHD and abdominals to yawn and zoonosis...
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125
Downloadable medical dictionary (XTerm Medical Dictionary). This is an e-dictionary.
126
Medical Dictionary from Aflatoxins to Wild Type
127
MT desk, different web page; more mtdesk.com terminology
128
BabyCenter® Glossary from Afterbirth and alopecia areata to zygote intrafallopian transfer.
Seems clear and concise to me. One page for each letter of the alphabet.
129 www.mtdesk.c