Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary for Windows

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By Merriam‑Webster

Look up terms in Merriam-Webster's medical dictionary.

An invaluable resource for health-care professionals, providing today's most widely used health-care terms, abbreviations, names of medications, and biographies of medical pioneers. Unlike unwieldy medical encyclopedias, Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary is compact, portable, and fully searchable; perfect for allied health students, medical professionals, and anyone who needs an affordable, easy-to-use guide to medical terminology. Over 59,000 entries, 8,000 example phrases to demonstrate how words are used in context. Find the answers you need to communicate in health-care settings, follow the latest medical discoveries, or complete insurance and medical forms.

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary for Windows

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GENERAL

Release: January 27, 2009

Latest update: February 4, 2016

Version: 4.0

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows 10
Windows XP
Windows Vista

Additional Requirements: None

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Total Downloads: 2,039

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4/5

1 User Votes

Good dictionary, but...
SiamamaJanuary 25, 2011
Pros
Good basic medical dictionary. Especially helpful interface if learning or re-learning medical terminology.
Cons
Tricky to install on Windows 7. This version cannot be purchased as shareware.
Summary
It's a good dictionary for this price. Unfortunately, it will not let you purchase it at the $19.99 price; you get error messages when you try, and when you go to Fogware's website for help, you learn that you have to buy the physical set... for $15 more including the shipping cost. I don't think it's worth that. I like Fogware's reference software and have bought other dictionaries at full price, but so far this seems too basic a medical dictionary for those bucks. The interface shows the a-to-z list of terms on one side and a blank definition screen until you double-click a word. This gives it a flashcard function, too. So dictionary + flashcards may well be worth $35 to you. Trying to install it on my netbook, which has Windows 7 Starter OS, was frustrating until I gave up on the setup.exe and started nosing around the other files. I don't remember which two files I clicked, but they worked. I'll probably cough up the $35 for it when my trial period runs out, but I won't be happy about it.