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Re: What is... » daizy

Posted by medlib on March 14, 2003, at 2:10:39

In reply to What is..., posted by daizy on March 12, 2003, at 4:28:55

Hi Daizy--

The posters on this board do use a lot of shortcuts, acronyms, med terms that take a bit of time to clue in on. There are a bazillion online dictionaries, specialty and general, but the only one I keep on my toolbar links list is
http://yourdictionary.com
I like it because the page comes up with the cursor already in the search box, and because you can search specialized terms or general ones from the same box--no need to go to a specialty dictionary first. It will pronounce words, if you choose; but it doesn't do acronyms.

MedNet has a decent medical dictionary, altho nothing (that's free) has everything.
http://www.medterms.com/script/main/hp.asp
Here's a med. abbreviations + acronyms site.
http://www.angelfire.com/mt/medicalinks/medabrev.html
And here's one for med prefixes, suffixes and roots. Most med terms come from Latin; knowing a few beginnings, endings and roots will allow one to figure out most med vocab. For example, a- or an- is a prefix which means "not" or "lack of", as in "an-hedonia".
http://www.medsch.wisc.edu/path703/about/glossary.html

Several babblers have compiled some really useful info which is available under Psychobabble Tips. Click on "Miscellaneous" to find PB acronyms, prescription notation, and a great psych drug chart comiled by Scott (SLS).

Hope this helps---medlib


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