Medical Abbreviations and Eponyms

The 2nd Edition of this popular Reference is a comprehensive, convenient, and easy-to-read guide to medical abbreviations acronyms, symbols, and eponyms. Readers will find instant guidance for interpreting and understanding problematic acronyms, eponyms, and apostrophes. Contains a comprehensive, alphabetical listing of medical abbreviations as well as an inventory of eponyms used to designate various clinical entries, diagnostic signs, pathological conditions, instruments, exams, tests and more, including those named after the discoverer, a patient or even mythological characters. Provides not only spellings for eponyms, but also gives readers the definitions of more common ones. Eliminates the need to look through many different reference books, answers all of your questions about medical abbreviations in one convenient volume. Features over 10,000 new abbreviations and over 1,000 new eponyms. Includes a brand new, in-depth appendix which lists over 400 anticancer drug combinations.