List of online medical dictionaries

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Here is a list of online medical dictionaries.

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==The name of the Medical Dictionary==
short introduction
*Language: language
*Terms: the number of terms the dictionary contains
*Alphabetical listing: yes/no
*Search: yes/no
*Search with wildcard asterisk: yes/no
*Link: address of the dictionary
*Other: other features

Contents 1 Webster's Medical Dictionary(MedlinePlus) 2 Dorlands Medical Dictionary (Mercksource.com) 3 MedTerms.com 4 Medical Dictionary (the Free Dictionary) 5 Stedman's Medical Dictionary (medilexicon.com) 6 Medic8 Online MedicalDictionary 7 See also 8 External links

Webster's Medical Dictionary(MedlinePlus)

• Language: English
• Terms:
• Search: yes
• Search with wildcard asterisk: yes
• Other: with voice
• Link: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html
• Useful links:
  • Word Parts and What They Mean
  • Some Common Abbreviations

Dorlands Medical Dictionary (Mercksource.com)

Dorland's Medical Dictionary for Healthcare Consumers, 2007

• Language: English
• Terms: ?
• Alphabetical listing: yes
• Search: yes (fulltext)
• Search with wildcard asterisk: ?
• Link:
  • http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands.jspzQzpgzEzzSzppdocszSzuszSzcommonzSzdorlandszSzdorlandzSzdmd-a-b-000zPzhtm
  • http://www.dorlands.com/wsearch.jsp (need login)
• Useful Links:
  • Dorland's http://www.dorlands.com/

MedTerms.com

MedTerms medical dictionary is the medical reference for MedicineNet.com.

• Language: English
• Terms: 16,000
• Alphabetical listing: yes
• Search: yes
• Search with wildcard asterisk: yes
• Link: http://www.medterms.com/script/main/hp.asp

Medical Dictionary (the Free Dictionary)

The main sources of TheFreeDictionary's Medical dictionary are The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary, Second Edition and Dorland's Medical Dictionary for Health Care Consumers. The Medical dictionary also draws from The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine,Second Edition and Mosby's Dental Dictionary, Second Edition, Mosby's Dictionary of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Sauuders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary, 3rd.

• Language: English
• Terms:
• Search: yes
• Link: http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/

Stedman's Medical Dictionary (medilexicon.com)

Stedman's Medical Dictionary(2006) Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

• Language: English
• Terms: 100,000+
• Alphabetical listing: yes
• Search: yes (fulltext and title)
• Search with wildcard asterisk: yes(fuzzy search)
• Link: http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php
• Useful link:
  • Stedman's http://www.stedmans.com

Medic8 Online MedicalDictionary

The main sources are Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, Mosby's Medical Dictionary, Stedman's Medical Dictionary, Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary. Data supplied by The CancerWEB Project.

• Language: English
• Terms:
• Alphabetical listing: no
• Search: yes
• Search with wildcard asterisk: ?
• Link: http://www.medic8.com/MedicalDictionary.htm

See also

• Medical dictionaries
• List of medical wikis
• List of online medical encyclopedia

External links

Medical dictionaries at the Open Directory Project