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Stedman's Illustrated Dictionary of Dermatology Eponyms
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Stedman's Illustrated Dictionary of Dermatology Eponyms
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by Benjamin Barankin, Andrei I. Metelitsa, and Andrew N. Lin
Sales Rank: 1812675
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List Price: $45.95
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Paperback: 412 pages
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 1 edition December 1, 2004
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0781745470
ISBN-13: 978-0781745475
Product Dimensions:
9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
Product Description
DESCRIPTION: Stedman’s Illustrated Dictionary of Dermatology Medical Eponyms is the indispensable solution to those problematic eponyms that constitute some of the hardest medical terminology for any healthcare professional to absorb and recall. Typically an eponym bears no apparent association with the disease, condition, or medical term it represents. For example, Cronkhite-Canada Syndrome gives no indication of what the syndrome is, or who the people are for which it is named? With this one reliable, efficient resource, you can obtain the complete meaning of more than 1,000 dermatologic eponyms and use them precisely every time. FEATURES: (* denotes new features) 1. Over 1,000 entries of up-to-date definitions and detailed illustrations of common and not-so-common dermatologic eponyms, making this volume the most comprehensive reference on dermatology eponyms ever written. 2. Capsule summaries of the eponymous term help provide meaningful definitions to enable efficient recall and accurate usage 3. Concise biographic information for each entry gives a brief but broader context for the term to reinforce comprehension and strengthen your mastery of dermatologic terminology 4. Black-and-white photographs of selected individuals put faces to names of the individuals who are given eponymous credit 5. A useful 16-page insert of clinical illustrations presents obscure or rare conditions for more comprehensive coverage 6. A complete Acronyms & Abbreviations list, the most comprehensive compilation in dermatology to date
Customer Reviews & Comments
Exemplary work. It is well organized, easy to use, exhaustive, up-to-date and rigorously researched and cross-referenced. Because of its excellent cross referencing, it is also a fabulous launching pad for doing in-depth research. Furthermore, its appendix on acronyms and abbreviations is unparalleled. Note This is an excerpt from the in-depth review I have written for the Dictionary Review Committee of the American Translators Association. For those interested, it will be published in the July 2005 issue of the ATA "Chronicle" and will be accompanied by a brief interview with its main author, Benjamin Barankin, and by short biographical information of its three physician authors. Although in writing this review I have compared the IDDE to comprehensive general medical dictionaries and to other dermatology dictionaries such as Carter's (1992) "A Dictionary of Dermatologic Terms" and to Goeltzenleuchter's (2002) "Dorland's Dermatology Word Book," in all fairness to these earlier and less focused dictionaries, and as a challenge to the newly-issued IDDE, I opted to make my strongest comparison primarily with online sources on medical eponyms. According to Dr. Barankin, the IDDE was three years in the making, and, in spite of it being a paper publication, the relevance and actuality of its content favorably compares to Internet databases (a number of them restricted) that are regularly updated. Now that Barankin, Metelitsa and Lin have done the work for us in compiling this unrestricted corpus of the hardest terminology in dermatology (eponyms and acronyms) between two covers for quick, comprehensive, and easy reference, conducting additional research in dermatology terminology has been simplified. For medical translators this book is not only informative, it is a time-saver. Verónica Albin
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