Medical Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

This glossary of terms is meant to help everyone understand medical words. It translates medical jargon in to words patients and their caregivers understand and are likely to use.

This is a list of word parts often occurring in medical terminology. They may be at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of a medical word. Knowing  their meaning may help you to understand medical words better.

MedTerms medical dictionary is the medical reference for MedicineNet.com. Authors define difficult medical language in easy-to-understand explanations of over 16,000 medical terms.

This encyclopedia includes over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. It also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations.