Health Professions and Nursing

Featuring more than 56,000 entries, this mobile app based on thoroughly updated Seventh Edition contains the medical terminology used in more than 30 of today's fastest growing health profession areas - plus comprehensive inclusion of entries suited for the nursing field. Rightfully considered a benchmark in the medical reference tools, the book includes all crucial medical nursing terms, with written pronounciation and term genealogy explained. More than 70 leading consultants from health professions and nursing contributed to the enhancements of this edition.

Features:
* More than 56,000 entries
* Written pronunciations for every term
* Prefixes and combining forms set out separately, with their meaning meticolously explained
* FlashCards feature for easy learning of medical terms
* Daily word feature
* Links to connected terms and synonims
* Word genealogy explained in composite terms

A search tool
Featuring various search options to help you find the words you need more easily, including:

* A quick search of words while you type
* A 'fuzzy filter' for when you are not sure of the correct spelling of a word
* A 'keyword' search for finding key words within phrasal verbs
* A wild card search facility which can replace a letter or a group of letters

A learning tool
The dictionary app includes a number of features which help you to expand your vocabulary further:

* A 'Favourites' feature allows you to create your own categories and lists of words
* Your last visited words are all saved in your 'History', so that you can quickly look back at recently checked words
* Discover a new word every day with the 'Daily' feature
* Ability to have dictionary Word of the Day as a widget on the device home screen
* See words in context with example sentences
* Online and offline modes supported; the offline mode allows you to download the whole dictionary and work independently from data connections