Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary

With approximately 55,000 terms in all--including more than 2,100 new terms--"Taber's 18th Edition" is the most comprehensive health science dictionary available. It includes 560 detailed illustrations, consisting of 377 full-color images and 183 precise two-color drawings. Each full-color image supports and is referenced back to a Taber's term. Includes 48 appendices. A CD-ROM version is also available Pub: 2/97.

The features you like best about Taber's--the most terms, its portability, and the comprehensive appendices--are now all available in an interactive Cd-ROM package. Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary CD-ROM Multimedia gives you the excellence you have come to expect from Taber's.

Minimum system requirements for WIN: 386/33 or better; Windows 3.1 or later; 3 MB hard disk space; 8 MB of RAM; SVGA 256 color monitor; 2X CD- ROM; 8-bit audio (sound card required)

Minimum system requirements for MAC: 68030 processor (Power PC recommended); Mac OS 7.0 or later; 3 MB hard disk space; 8 MB of RAM; SVGA 256 color monitor; 2X CD-ROM; 8-bit audio (sound card required); QuickTime required for video playback

KEY FEATURES:

features available in the CD- ROM:
*Powerful search engine helps users find definitions of medical words and phrases or locate specific information within an entry quickly and easily
*Useful hypertext links within entries allow users to access other relevant entries and illustrations, vidoes, tables, or appendices with just a click of the mouse
*Bookmark feature allows users to customize the program by "marking" entries and appendices that they refer to frequently, making Taber's a personalized reference tool
*Copy-and paste function allows users to move information into other documents
*Zoom-and-pan viewing allows close-up inspection of all the high-quality images; also table headers can be locked to make scrolling through and searching in tables easier
*Audio pronunciations are given for many words and word elements
*Videos show clinically important procedures, concepts, and anatomical explorations