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Acronyms and Initialisms for Health Information ResourcesDictionary of Epidemiology
Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
Online Medicine and Science Dictionaries
Rare Diseases Terms
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Acronyms and
Initialisms for Health Information Resources (Focus
on Low-Income Countries) (French)
The site contains acronyms for global information and data
resources in health, medical, and veterinary sciences.
Organized alphabetically, the linked acronyms point to parent
sites on the WWW. The acronyms and their expansions appear in
the languages of origin. The site is maintained by Marie-Lise
Antoun Shams, a U.S. based dental librarian. http://www.geocities.com/%7Emlshams/acronym/acr.htm
Dictionary of Epidemiology
This dictionary contains linked cross-references within each
definition and is compiled by Cambridge University, U.K..
http://www.swintons.net/jonathan/Academic/glossary.html
Merriam-Webster
Medical Dictionary
This well-known dictionary includes basic (keyword) and
advanced search engines. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html
Online Medicine
and Science Dictionaries
This is an extensive list of links to general and specialist
online medical and bioscience dictionaries and glossaries.
http://www.sciencekomm.at/advice/dict.html
Rare Diseases
Terms
This site defines terms in 6000 rare diseases. Access is via
clicking on the link titled 'Current Rare Diseases and
Synonyms.' The site is maintained by the Office of Rare
Diseases, National Institutes of Health, U.S. See link
to 'Rare Disease Terms' from initial page of website.
http://rarediseasesinfo.aspensys.com/index.html
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Updated: 29 February 2008