"Compiled to provide medical, dental, and allied personnel with a compact, easy to use guide to spelling, syllabication and accentuation of frequently used medical terms." Ten sections cover prefixes and suffixes (expanded in this edition), alphabetical current word list showing syllables, often used words, phonetically spelled list, alphabetical lists of arteries, tests, etc., abbreviations, pharmaceuticals (also expanded), lists of recognized medical and dental specialties, tables, and "troublesome" words. No definitions. 1st ed., 1967; 3rd ed., 1976.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

Listing of single words considered the most important to medical users requiring only spelling and syllabication, rather than a definition. Species and genera terms are italicized. Proper names that are eponymic are included.