Oxford Medical Dictionary - Medical definitions & pronunciations

’ “No home should be without one” certainly applies to this splendid medical dictionary’, Journal of the Institute of Health Education.

Comprehensive Medical Dictionary: Your Essential Reference Guide

This best-selling and market-leading dictionary contains over 12,000 clear and concise entries, covering all aspects of medical science. Written by a team of medical experts, the entries are accessible and jargon-free, and complemented by over 140 illustrations and diagrams. The 8th edition has been fully revised and updated to cover changes in this fast-moving field. Entries on techniques and equipment, drugs, general medical practice, health service organization, and treatment have all been reviewed, and updated where necessary.

The dictionary has also been expanded in many areas, with particular attention paid to pharmacology, obstetrics and gynaecology, pediatrics, ethics, nephrology, and psychiatry. Selling over a million copies in previous editions, this is an indispensable reference guide for students, as well as those working in the medical and allied professions. It is also an invaluable home reference guide for the general reader.

NEW features! 

Look up words in any other Android app with the Tap to Translate feature, and do it in style with any of the four colorful new themes. Also includes advanced search and language tools that have become the staple of quality language apps from MobiSystems, Inc.

SEARCH TOOLS - effortlessly find words thanks to a clear, functional, and easy-to-use interface. Designed to provide the most comprehensive search experience the dictionary combines several search tools to match or suggest what you are looking for, including:

• Search autocomplete helps find words quickly by displaying predictions as you type

• Keyword lookup allows you to search within compound words and phrases

• Looking for a specific word but don't know how it's spelled? We've got you covered with our automatic 'Fuzzy filter' to correct word spelling, as well as 'Wild card' (*) or (?) to replace a letter or entire parts of a word

• Camera search looks up words in the camera viewfinder and displays results

• Use our Voice search when you don't know how an entry is spelled

• NEW! Tap to Translate entries in other apps.

• Share word definitions via installed apps on your device

LEARNING TOOLS - engaging features that help you further enhance your vocabulary.

• Designed to give you the freedom to structure your studies the way you see fit the 'Favorites' option allows you to create custom folders with lists of words from the vast library of entries.

• 'Recent' list to easily review looked-up words

• Learn a new word every day with our 'Word of the day' option

• Home screen widget provides random words at a glance

***This is a fully functional 30-day trial version*** Get even more with PREMIUM:

• Permanently unlock the complete features list.

• Offline mode - No WiFi, no problem. Save words on your device to be viewed without the need for an internet connection

• Priority support - Get expedited support for any app-related issues

• No ads - no more in-app advertisements

Word search is slow

- Our Free dictionaries provide online access to the Premium Dictionary content. The speed at which search results are displayed depends on the quality(strength, speed, latency) of the network connection and the mobile device's specifications.

- Upgrading your Free license to Premium considerably speeds up the word search by downloading the database on the device and unlocks many useful features such as "pronunciation".

New Forum Community Introduction

Since there have been a lot of inquiries regarding our Dictionary and Translator products, our team decided that it would be a great idea if we can develop a new community, where our users can not only help themselves in a quicker and user-friendly fashion, but assist to other fellow users.

You can also contribute to our general improvements and provide your suggestions and ideas on how we should better not only the features, but the services as well.