**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles as an Essential Purchase in Dictionaries/Terminology**
Make sense of complex medical terms with this comprehensive reference! Mosby’s Medical Dictionary, 12th Edition includes more than 56,000 authoritative definitions along with 2,450 illustrations — that’s twice the number of images found in other medical dictionaries. Appendixes in the book and online make it easy to look up frequently used information, and an enhanced eBook version includes animations, audio pronunciations, and more. Helping you communicate more effectively in the workplace, this reference is an indispensable reference for students, nurses, and healthcare professionals.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iii 5. EDITOR’S FOREWORD - p. iii 6. EDITOR - p. iii 7. GUIDE TO THE DICTIONARY - p. iii 8. PRONUNCIATION KEY - p. iii 9. COLOR ATLAS OF HUMAN ANATOMY - p. iii 10. Chapter 1: A - p. iii 11. Chapter 2: B - p. 157 12. Chapter 3: C - p. 238 13. Chapter 4: D - p. 437 14. Chapter 5: E - p. 519 15. Chapter 6: F - p. 596 16. Chapter 7: G - p. 655 17. Chapter 8: H - p. 711 18. Chapter 9: I - p. 793 19. Chapter 10: J - p. 868 20. Chapter 11: K - p. 876 21. Chapter 12: L - p. 893 22. Chapter 13: M - p. 962 23. Chapter 14: N - p. 1066 24. Chapter 15: O - p. 1122 25. Chapter 16: P - p. 1173 26. Chapter 17: Q - p. 1347 27. Chapter 18: R - p. 1353 28. Chapter 19: S - p. 1426 29. Chapter 20: T - p. 1564 30. Chapter 21: U - p. 1653 31. Chapter 22: V - p. 1672 32. Chapter 23: W - p. 1707 33. Chapter 24: X - p. 1720 34. Chapter 25: Y - p. 1725 35. Chapter 26: Z - p. 1729 36. ILLUSTRATION CREDITS - p. 1737 37. NURSING INTERVENTIONS CLASSIFICATION (NIC) DEFINITIONS - p. 1750 38. NURSING OUTCOMES CLASSIFICATION (NOC) DEFINITIONS - p. 1760 39. AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATIONS - p. 1768 40. IBC - p. 1 41. Spanish-French-English Equivalents of Commonly Used Medical Terms and Phrases - p. 1 42. COMMONLY USED ABBREVIATIONS, INITIALISMS AND ACRONYMS - p. 1 43. The Joint Commission “do not Use” Abbreviation List - p. 1
**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles as an Essential Purchase in Dictionaries/Terminology**
Make sense of complex medical terms with this comprehensive reference! Mosby’s Medical Dictionary, 12th Edition includes more than 56,000 authoritative definitions along with 2,450 illustrations — that’s twice the number of images found in other medical dictionaries. Appendixes in the book and online make it easy to look up frequently used information, and an enhanced eBook version includes animations, audio pronunciations, and more. Helping you communicate more effectively in the workplace, this reference is an indispensable reference for students, nurses, and healthcare professionals.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iii 5. EDITOR’S FOREWORD - p. iii 6. EDITOR - p. iii 7. GUIDE TO THE DICTIONARY - p. iii 8. PRONUNCIATION KEY - p. iii 9. COLOR ATLAS OF HUMAN ANATOMY - p. iii 10. Chapter 1: A - p. iii 11. Chapter 2: B - p. 157 12. Chapter 3: C - p. 238 13. Chapter 4: D - p. 437 14. Chapter 5: E - p. 519 15. Chapter 6: F - p. 596 16. Chapter 7: G - p. 655 17. Chapter 8: H - p. 711 18. Chapter 9: I - p. 793 19. Chapter 10: J - p. 868 20. Chapter 11: K - p. 876 21. Chapter 12: L - p. 893 22. Chapter 13: M - p. 962 23. Chapter 14: N - p. 1066 24. Chapter 15: O - p. 1122 25. Chapter 16: P - p. 1173 26. Chapter 17: Q - p. 1347 27. Chapter 18: R - p. 1353 28. Chapter 19: S - p. 1426 29. Chapter 20: T - p. 1564 30. Chapter 21: U - p. 1653 31. Chapter 22: V - p. 1672 32. Chapter 23: W - p. 1707 33. Chapter 24: X - p. 1720 34. Chapter 25: Y - p. 1725 35. Chapter 26: Z - p. 1729 36. ILLUSTRATION CREDITS - p. 1737 37. NURSING INTERVENTIONS CLASSIFICATION (NIC) DEFINITIONS - p. 1750 38. NURSING OUTCOMES CLASSIFICATION (NOC) DEFINITIONS - p. 1760 39. AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATIONS - p. 1768 40. IBC - p. 1 41. Spanish-French-English Equivalents of Commonly Used Medical Terms and Phrases - p. 1 42. COMMONLY USED ABBREVIATIONS, INITIALISMS AND ACRONYMS - p. 1 43. The Joint Commission “do not Use” Abbreviation List - p. 1
