************************************************************** Net Happenings - From Educational CyberPlayGround ************************************************************** Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 11:54:11 -0500 (EST) From: David P. Dillard <jwne@xxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: NetGold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: NetGold <NetGold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [NetGold] DICTIONARIES: SUBJECT: MEDICAL HEALTH AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES: Medical Online Dictionaries and Glossaries DICTIONARIES: SUBJECT: MEDICAL HEALTH AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES: Medical Online Dictionaries and Glossaries Many thanks to Jean-Marie Faivre <faivre.j-m69@xxxxxxxxxx> for sharing this invaluable web resource of medical and medical specialty dictionaries. Medical Online Dictionaries & Glossaries <http://www.interfold.com/translator/medsites.htm> The most comprehensive multilingual listing of online medical dictionaries & medical glossaries on the Internet. Over 1,600 links to useful & informative medical & health-related web sites and medical dictionaries in nineteen languages; compiled by Andr Fairchild. The text of this Long web portal (about 160 pages, if you print both (medsites.htm and medlinks.htm) is MOSTLY in ENGLISH, but many of the links below are to sites in languages other than English. ? These LINKS on this LONG page are organized into 17 Main Sections as follows: (see detailed Index and table of contents below) 1. Mostly in English; 2. Spanish 3. Portuguese 4. French; 5. German; 6. trilingual or multilingual; 7. Dutch; 8. Scandinavian languages; 9. Finnish; 10. Italian; 11. Catalan & Romanian; 12. Russian, Polish & Slavic; 13. Greek; 14. Chinese & Japanese; 15. Arabic & other languages; 16. Books: Listing of 60 printed Medical Dictionaries in eight languages; 17. Web sites, Glossaries and Dictionaries by Andr Fairchild 18. Terrible, aggressive web sites/garbage to avoid at all costs. Imbedded in the contents list is this medical subject specific collection of links for dictionary tools specific to a medical specialty: A. AIDS/HIV/Sexuality, Fertility & Prostate: Glossaries & info sites 27 links B. Allergy, Asthma, food intolerance and Immunology sites/glossaries 9 links C. Cancer, Oncology, & Leukemia sites, glossaries etc. 39 links D. Dental & Orthodontic Information & Glossaries . 14 links E. Diabetes & Kidney-related glossaries & web sites, mostly in English 23 links F. eMedicine: Instant access to the minds of medicine. 18 links G. Gastro-Enterology, Digestive System, Nutrition, Food Safety & Eating Disorders 17 links H. Genetics & Genomics & biotechnology glossaries/web sites 53 links I. Heart/Lungs pulmonary, & cardiology glossaries & Information 30 links J. Managed Care, HMO, health insurance, Medicare and Healthcare industry 14 links K. Musculo-Skeletal Systems, Osteoporosis and Anatomy glossaries 39 links L. Natural, Homeopathy, Holistic & alternative medicine, Herbs 18 links M. Neuroscience/Neurology; cerebral, cerebro-spinal, central nervous system, neuromuscular 45 links N. Ophthalmology, Optical, Vision, Eyes, Ocular Sites & glossaries 18 links O. Pharmaceutical, Chemistry & Drug-related glossaries, and Dictionaries of Medical Abbreviations (not all are in English) 54 links; no todos em ingls P. Psychology, Psychiatry, and Mental Health, Autism sites 20 links Q. Rheumatology, Arthritis, and Osteoarthritis sites 4 links R. Sleep Disorders - trastornos del sueo 5 links S. Trauma, traumatology, & post-traumatic stress disorder 4 links T. Miscellaneous Medical online Glossaries & Dictionaries 171 links U. Directories & Links to other Medical Sites & Glossaries 68 links V. Miscellaneous medical online info pages, Medical Search engines, medical texts & infomative medical web sites with no glossary or dictionary 43 links ------------------------------------------------------------ A user of this site who is seeking a definition of a medical term and is unable to find the definition in any of the sources sited on this page, certainly has an obscure medical term to find a meaning for. Perhaps in such a case, they are mistaken about the term being a medical one and perchance the word is actually from medieval religion, astronomy or Italian poetry. <g> Sincerely, David Dillard Temple University (215) 204 - 4584 jwne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NetGold/> <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html> <http://www.kovacs.com/medref-l/medref-l.html> <>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<> EDUCATIONAL CYBERPLAYGROUND http://www.edu-cyberpg.com VENDORS REACH THE EDUCATION MARKET FREE EDUCATION VENDOR DIRECTORY LISTING Find PREMIUM & FEATURED MERCHANT LISTING ALSO http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Directory/default.asp HOT LIST OF SCHOOLS ONLINE http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Schools/default.asp SERVICES http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/PS/Home_Products.html Net Happenings,K12 Newsletters, Network Newsletters http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/index.html <>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>