medical dictionary


noun
  1. a specialized dictionary covering terms used in the health professions by doctors, nurses, and others involved in healthcare services.

Origin of medical dictionary

1
First recorded in 1730–40

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How to use medical dictionary in a sentence

  • Why I should have talked like an article in a medical dictionary instead of like a human being I cannot imagine.

    The Ghost | Arnold Bennett
  • You are to begin with this one; keep this medical dictionary at hand for reference.

    Hidden Hand | Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
  • Found by his bedside a medical dictionary (taken from the shelves of my library) which he says, he had been reading.

  • His “Breviarie of Health” is a medical dictionary, and held to be a “jewel” in his time, as Fuller records.

    Amenities of Literature | Isaac Disraeli
  • Charles tried to look up his medical dictionary, but could not read it; the lines were dancing.

    Madame Bovary | Gustave Flaubert