Health Sciences Library: Reference Shelf

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Reference Shelf

Dictionaries and Glossaries

Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
Life Sciences Dictionary
Managed Care Dictionary
Medical Dictionary.Com
Medical Glossary from the AMA
Medi-Lexicon (formerly Pharma-Lexicon)
A dictionary of over 70,000 medical, pharmaceutical, biomedical & healthcare acronyms and abbreviations. Also provides other searches for the medical, pharmaceutical or healthcare professional.
One Look Dictionaries

Encyclopedias

Encyclopaedia Britannica
e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia
Medical Encyclopedia
The ADAM Health Illustrated Encyclopedia includes over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. It also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations.