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The Routledge Pocket Guide to Medical Latin is a medical reference tool like no other, providing an easy-to-use, extensive guide to Latin words and phrases commonly used in medical settings.
Offering readers a treasury of nearly 4000 Latin words and phrases, over 900 abbreviations, and numerous tables with dozens of useful Latin terms and interesting quotations drawn from the field of medicine, this volume also encompasses the related fields of pharmacy, botany, dentistry, and the veterinary sciences. This book provides quick and accessible definitions and explanations of Latin words and phrases used in the medical world, as well as a helpful pronunciation guide. In addition, there is a section of miscellaneous entries that comprises useful information, including common Latin prepositions, prefixes, and particles. Included at the end of this book is an extensive English-Latin index.
The Routledge Pocket Guide to Medical Latin is an invaluable reference work for medical and pharmacy students and practitioners, as well as general readers interested in the history of medicine and medical terminology.
List of contents
Preface; References & Sources; Pronunciation Guide; The Routledge Pocket Guide to Medical Latin; Selected Maxims and Quotation: On Life, Death, Sickness, and the Healing Arts; Abbreviations; Miscellanea (Miscellaneous); English-Latin Index.
About the author
Dr. Jon R. Stone is a best-selling author and Professor of Religious Studies at California State University, Long Beach. He is the author of Latin for the Illiterati, More Latin for the Illiterati, The Routledge Dictionary of Latin Quotations, and The Routledge Book of World Proverbs, among many others.
Summary
The Routledge Pocket Guide to Medical Latin is a medical reference tool like no other, providing an easy-to-use, extensive guide to Latin words and phrases commonly used in medical settings.
