Acronyms and Abbreviations

Abbreviations Commonly Used in the Nursery
Iowa Neonatology Handbook.

Acronyms for Global Health Information

Acronyms related to Oncology

ASPAN Nursing Association Acronyms

Avoid Using These Dangerous Medical Abbreviations

Biomedical Acronym/ Definition Database  
Identify acronyms/ abbreviations and their definitions within Medline records.

Biomedical Journal Title Search  
Converting the full title to an abbreviation, or, from an abbreviation to the full title.

EFN Nursing Acronyms

JAS Journal Abbreviation Sources

Medi Lexicon  
A dictionary of medical, pharmaceutical, biomedical & healthcare acronyms and abbreviations.

Safety and Related Acronyms  
Frequently used acronyms in Occupational Health and Safety.

Atlases & Images

Atlas of Diseases of the Kidney

Atlas of Human Anatomy in Cross Section

Anatomy of the Pelvis and Perineum

Bartleby.com edition of Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body

Dermatology Image Atlas

HON Media Repository of Medical Images

Images.MD    McGill access
This online encyclopedia of over 40,000 annotated images that enables medics to build slide sets and presentations.

Online Atlas of Surgery

Tumor Atlas and Database

Virtual Library, Health Information Locator (LIS) - Atlases, Anatomy 

Bibliographies

McGill EBM Resources Bibliography- "How to Read a Paper" Series    McGill access

NLM Current Bibliographies in Medicine

Dictionaries & Glossaries - Specialized

Diabetes Dictionary
National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, US.

Dictionary of Cancer Terms
National Cancer Institute.

Glossary of Terms in Ethics

Interactive Respiratory Physiology Dictionary
John Hopkins School of Medicine.

MASA heart Surgery Glossary
Mid-Atlantic Surgical Associates.

Mental Health Dictionary
SAMHSA's National Mental Health Information Center, US.

Neurological Disorders Glossary
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

Virtual Library - Dictionaries and Glossaries 
Sorted by topics, in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Compiled by Health Information Locator.

Dictionaries - Medical/Nursing

Churchill Livingstone's Dictionary for Nursing   McGill access.

Merck Manual - Second Home Edition  
For finding definitions of health conditions, their causes, symptoms & Diagnosis, and treatments.

Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary  (InteliHealth)

Mosby's Medical, Nursing, & Allied Health Dictionary
In 9 European Languages.

Multilingual Glossary of Popular Technical and Medical Terms
In 9 European Languages.

NHS Jargon Buster
Commonly used jargon and terminology associated with health. UK.

On-Line Medical Dictionary
University of Newcastle, UK.

Oxford Reference Online: Medicine & Nursing  McGill access

Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 27th ed. 2000  McGill access

Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 19th ed. 2001   McGill access

Whonamedit.Com 
A biographical dictionary of medical eponyms. Includes 15.000+ eponyms and 6.000+ persons.

Dictionaries - Language

English Dictionaries & Thesauruses - Oxford Reference Online   McGill access 

French - English Dictionary  (Neil Coffey, UK )

French - English Dictionary  (Wordreference.com )

Grand dictionnaire terminologique 
French - English / English - French terminologies in various fields, by Office québécois de la lanque français. 

Oxford Reference Online - Bilingual Dictionaries 
English/French; English/Italian; English/Spanish; English/German; English/Latin.   McGill access 

Encyclopedias

Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety, 4th ed.  
Contains 1,000 articles and illustrations, by International Labor Office.

Gale Encyclopedian of Nursing and Allied Health  Mcgill access.

MedlinePlus - Medical Encyclopedia  
National library of Medicine.

World Encyclopedia - Oxford Reference Online   McGill access  

Dissertations

Handbooks and Manuals

Handbook of Medical Informatics

Style Guides

McGill Electronic Resources - Citation Style

National Library of Medicine Recommended Formats for Bibliographic Citation (PDF/Adobe Acrobat)

For more resources, visit the following Web sites:

Dictionnaires et glossaires médicaux électroniques 
More dictionaries available on the web page compiled by University of Montreal Library.

McGill Library Electronic Reference Shelf 
Acronyms, atlases, dictionaries, encyclopedias... and lots of other information.

Medi Lexicon - Other Medical Searches 
Search medical articles, drugs, conferences, Merck Manual, books, public health image, clinical trials, Med/RX US spellchecker, dictionary, thesaurus, and Google search.

RNstudents.com 
A collection of resources, i.e. dictionaries, encyclopedias, abbreviations, anatomy, articles, associations, quizzes and tests ,etc.

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