Webster's New World Medical Dictionary, 3rd Edition

by Melissa Conrad Stöppler, William C. Shiel, WebMD

When your doctor uses terms like intraductal carcinoma or akathisia, do you understand and can you ask the right questions? If you, like most Americans, are taking a more active role in your family's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470189282
• ISBN13: 9780470189283
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 470 Pages
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"

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Medical Dictionary

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Webster's Medical Dictionary

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Webster Medical Dictionary

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comprehensive, encyclopedic

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