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Medical Dictionary

The Medical Dictionary is a specialized lexicon used by healthcare professionals that contains terminology related to the field of medicine. It includes definitions of medical terms, along with their pronunciation, etymology, and related terms.

Pronunciation

Medical Dictionary: /ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈdɪkʃənəri/

Etymology

The term "Medical Dictionary" is derived from the Latin "medicus" meaning "physician" and the English "dictionary" which comes from the Latin "dictio" meaning "a word".

Related Terms

• Anatomy: The study of the structure of the human body.
• Physiology: The study of the functions of the human body.
• Pathology: The study of disease and its causes, processes, development, and consequences.
• Pharmacology: The study of drugs and their effects on the body.
• Epidemiology: The study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations.
• Biostatistics: The application of statistics to a wide range of topics in biology.

See Also

• Medical Terminology
• Healthcare
• Medicine

References

• University of Oxford

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