medical dictionary

noun

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

Origin of medical dictionary

First recorded in 1730–40

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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.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, January 18, 1890 | Various
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

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