| Black's Medical Dictionary: 42nd Edition | |
| Editor: | Harvey Marcovitch |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Medical, Dictionaries & Terminology |
| Published: | 1906 |
| Media Type: | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages: | 848 pp (42nd edition) |
| Isbn: | 9780713689020 |
Black's Medical Dictionary (42nd ed, 2010,) is a comprehensive medical dictionary featuring definitions of medical terms, concepts and conditions, published by A & C Black Publishers. It was first published in 1906, and is now in its forty-second edition. It is considered a simplified home reference for medical terms.[1] According to the publisher, It contains over 5000 definitions and descriptions of medical terms and concepts with over 1000 diagrams.
The latest edition contains new and expanded sections on:
On April 1, 2010, Bloomsbury Academic & Professional became the new U.S. publisher of A&C Black titles. Distribution continues through Macmillan Publishers.[2]