A Medical Dictionary for Nurses: Giving the Definition, Pronunciation, and Derivation of Terms Used in Medicine, Together With Supplementary Tables of ... With Special Reference to Use by Nurses

Excerpt from A Medical Dictionary for Nurses: Giving the Definition, Pronunciation, and Derivation of Terms Used in Medicine, Together With Supplementary Tables of Weights, Measures, Chemical Symbols, Etc., Arranged With Special Reference to Use by NursesHE purpose of this book is to provide a medical dictionary containing a detailed definition of words and terms of special importance to nurses. To do this without making the book larger than seemed advisable, it was necessary to omit some words usually included in medical dictionaries, but those omitted are ones which nurses are not likely to look for or which are similar to those contained in the book, and a number of prefixes and suffixes are inserted, both in alphabetical order and in a table on page 272, which will facilitate the understanding of words omitted because of their similarity to those included.In compiling the definitions a larger number of the newer books on bacteriology, chemistry, physics, physiology, and medicine were consulted.My thanks are due to the publishers who suggested the compiling of this book to me and Who have given me much valuable assistance in its preparation.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Read more