Webster's New Explorer Medical Dictionary includes the latest terminology in a rapidly changing field. Medical professionals and laypeople alike can use this book to find complete and accurate definitions of medical terms in current use. More than 35,000 entries include definitions and pronunciations for terms used in all aspects of human and veterinary medicine. There are Latin and common names for conditions, organs and medicines, and definitions of common prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms that create medical vocabulary. Additionally, trademarked names of medicines and their generic equivalents are listed.