Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 25th Edition

Put the language of nursing, medicine, and the healthcare professions at your fingertips – anywhere and everywhere, with Taber's 25th Edition, the all-in-one, go-to source in the classroom, clinical, and beyond.

Under the editorial direction of Donald Venes, MD, MSJ, a team of expert consulting editors and consultants representing nearly every healthcare profession ensures that the book's content reflects today's most current and relevant information.

• 75,000+ terms – Put the language of health care at your fingertips in class, clinical, and practice
• Full-color illustrations – Simplify complex concepts with detailed illustrations of anatomy and physiology, and photographs of diseases and disorders that focus on their distinguishing features
• Tools for clinical success – Integrate must-have information when you need it
  • Patient Care Statements – Quick-reference summaries detail assessment, treatment, and patient teaching requirements
  • Caution/Safety Statements – An easy-to-find icon highlights information critical to safe patient care 
  • Disease/Disorder Entries – Concise descriptions summarize diagnosis, signs and symptoms, etiology, treatments, and prognosis
• Resources online at FADavis.com – Tap into a wealth of learning resources and professional tools
  • Over 30,000 audio pronunciations – Build speaking confidence with a wide range of terms
  • Appendices – Must-know, rarely memorized information is at your fingertips, including normal reference laboratory values and prefixes, suffices, and combining forms, plus abbreviations, symbols, and units of measurement, documentation system definitions, and translations of common healthcare terms and phrases in English, French, and Spanish
• 2,704 Pages
• Paperback
• 1.1 lb.
• ©2025