Dictionaries and Glossaries
Links to web-sites explaining medical terms, phrases and words.
UK sites
Online Medical Dictionary
The OMD is a searchable dictionary containing terms relating to biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, medicine, molecular biology, physics, plant biology, radiobiology, science and technology. It includes: acronyms, jargon, theory, conventions, standards, institutions, projects, eponyms, history, in fact anything to do with medicine or science. It is provided via CancerWeb.
Medical Abbreviations
A list of abbreviations commonly used in medical notes written by doctors. Aims to make reading your own notes more comprehensible. A service from the Patient Partnership Group of the Royal College of General Practitioners.
Glossary of Health, Social Care and Information Technology
Explains terms used by health and social care agencies.
Medical Abbreviations - from MediLexicon
Use to search for the meaning of medical terms and abbreviations such as tds, bd, prn, etc. Also has a medical dictionary.
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Glossary of Health & Social Services Acronyms
Useful site for understanding all those confusing abbreviations.
Non - UK sites (general)
MedlinePlus
(US site) Comprehensive medical dictionary.
Stedman's
(US site) Comprehensive medical dictionary.
OneLook
(US site) - A general (not just medical) but comprehensive online dictionary. Over1.6 million words included from over 250 on-line dictionaries. It would be hard to find a word in the English Language that cannot be found, defined or explained from this site.
MedicineNets Medical Dictionary
MedTerms medical dictionary is the medical reference for MedicineNet.com.
(US site)
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