Medical Dictionaries and Glossaries

Medical Dictionary

On line dictionary of medical words and terms on the CancerWEB site.

medic.com online medical dictionary

Glossary of Medical Terms (from HEALTHINFOCUS)

Pharma-Lexicon

A database of over 40.000 medical and pharmaceutical acronyms. Also provides free access to sciBASE, a unique collection of the world's premier databases of scientific, technical and medical research literature.

BMA Medical Information A-Z

This A to Z is a web-based resource that provides information on common terms used within medical education at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Medical Encyclopaedias:

Medical Encyclopaedia (from Drkoop)

The Merck Manual

HealthAnswers.com: Disease Finder

Other Reference Resources

Cambridge Dictionaries Online

Encyclopaedia Britannica

OneLook dictionaries

A general but comprehensive on-line dictionary. (US site)

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Acronym Finder (a general searchable database)

Acronyms and Initialisms for Health Information Resources

Acronym Corner (University of Nottingham)

Glossary of Health and Social Services Acronyms

On the Socialist Health Association site, click 'Glossary of acronyms' for useful information on internet resources about abbreviations and acronyms.