INASP Links & Resources INASP HEALTH LINKS: General Health ResourcesDictionaries and Glossaries
Dictionary of Epidemiology This dictionary contains linked cross-references within each definition and is compiled by the University of Cambridge, U.K.. http://bovis.gyuvet.ch/3dict/348epide.htm
Dictionary of Pharmaceutical Medicine The Dictionary of Pharmaceutical Medicine includes acronyms and abbreviations, and is maintained by Pharma-Lexicon International. "http://www.pharma-lexicon.com/
Glossary for Evidence Based Public Health This glossary defines and explains the main concepts of evidence based public health. http://jech.bmjjournals.com/cgi/reprint/58/7/538.pdf
Healthfinder: Medical Dictionaries Healthfinder is a comprehensive directory that contains a list of links to medical dictionaries and glossaries on the Internet. From the home page, click on 'medical dictionaries'. This site is supported by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. http://www.healthfinder.gov/
Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary This well-known dictionary includes basic (keyword) and advanced search engines. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html
Office of Rare Diseases: Glossary This site defines terms in 6000 rare diseases. It is based on glossaries developed by a range of U.S. government and academic institutions. http://rarediseases.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Frarediseases.info.nih.gov%2Fglossary_a-e.html
On-Line Medical Dictionary Containing over 47,000 definitions, the site provides a one-stop source of information about medical and scientific terms and includes many cross-referenced links to related resources on the Internet plus bibliographical citations to print publications. It is accessible by subject area, alphabetical listing or a keyword search engine. The site is maintained by the University of Newcastle on Tyne, U.K.. http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/omd/
Online Medicine and Science Dictionaries This is a list of links to general and specialist online medical dictionaries and glossaries. http://www.sciencekomm.at/advice/dict.html
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