Great Dictionary - Volume of Medical Science

Author: Xia Zhengnong, et al. (Editor-in-Chief)
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Publishing Date: 2003-08-01
Features: "The Great Dictionary" is a large-scale comprehensive dictionary. Its publication fills a blank in Chinese lexicography. To date, "The Cihai" is the only large-scale comprehensive dictionary in China, which includes single characters and general terms as well as specialized terms in various fields, combining the functions of a general dictionary and a specialized dictionary. It features a rich vocabulary, convenient retrieval, strong practicality, and is deeply popular among readers. With the accelerated pace of human knowledge accumulation and innovation and the improvement of China's national cultural quality, many readers with higher educational backgrounds have raised higher demands for the use of "The Cihai." Therefore, while continuing to compile new editions of "The Cihai" to meet the needs of the times, it is necessary to compile a large-scale comprehensive dictionary larger in scale, with more words and richer content than "The Cihai." The compilation of "The Great Dictionary" is based on "The Cihai," inheriting its strengths and expanding further, with a focus on adding new fields and new terms and meanings in various disciplines that have not been covered in "The Cihai," while appropriately filling in gaps. The entire dictionary contains approximately 250,000 entries, totaling about 50 million words, which are more than twice the number of entries in "The Cihai." It is compiled and published in volumes according to subject categories. Volume One includes over 8,500 entries related to medical and pharmaceutical sciences, with a selection scope covering: basic terms in various disciplines of medical and health care, medical figures, historical and literary works of traditional Chinese medicine, major theories and doctrines, physiological and pathological conditions of each human system, disease names, diagnostic methods, and medical devices, as well as disease names and pathogens in medical microbiology, parasitology, and medical parasitology that are related to the human body and closely associated with it. Volume Two is organized into three major categories: General, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Modern Medicine. Among them, Traditional Chinese Medicine is divided into general terminology, medical history and literature, basic theories, prescription and pharmacy, health preservation, and clinical medicine according to the traditional habits of its discipline. Modern Medicine is organized into basic medicine, clinical medicine, rehabilitation medicine, preventive medicine, as well as military medicine and other special medical sciences and pharmacy. The classification categories are only for the convenience of retrieval and do not represent the disciplinary system. "The Great Dictionary" is a large-scale comprehensive dictionary, and its publication fills a blank in Chinese lexicography. To date, "The Cihai" is the only large-scale comprehensive dictionary in China, which includes single characters and general terms as well as specialized terms in various fields, combining the functions of a general dictionary and a specialized dictionary. It features a rich vocabulary, convenient retrieval, strong practicality, and is deeply popular among readers. With the accelerated pace of human knowledge accumulation and innovation and the improvement of China's national cultural quality, many readers with higher educational backgrounds have raised higher demands for the use of "The Cihai." Therefore, while continuing to compile new editions of "The Cihai" to meet the needs of the times, it is necessary to compile a large-scale comprehensive dictionary larger in scale, with more words and richer content than "The Cihai." "The Great Dictionary" is compiled based on "The Cihai," inheriting its strengths and expanding further, with a focus on adding new fields and new terms and meanings in various disciplines that have not been covered in "The Cihai," while appropriately filling in gaps. The entire dictionary contains approximately 250,000 entries, totaling about 50 million words, which are more than twice the number of entries in "The Cihai." It is compiled and published in volumes according to subject categories. Volume One includes over 8,500 entries related to medical and pharmaceutical sciences, with a selection scope covering: basic terms in various disciplines of medical and health care, medical figures, historical and literary works of traditional Chinese medicine, major theories and doctrines, physiological and pathological conditions of each human system, disease names, diagnostic methods, and medical devices, as well as disease names and pathogens in medical microbiology, parasitology, and medical parasitology that are related to the human body and closely associated with it. Volume Two is organized into three major categories: General, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Modern Medicine. Among them, Traditional Chinese Medicine is divided into general terminology, medical history and literature, basic theories, prescription and pharmacy, health preservation, and clinical medicine according to the traditional habits of its discipline. Modern Medicine is organized into basic medicine, clinical medicine, rehabilitation medicine, preventive medicine, as well as military medicine and other special medical sciences and pharmacy. The classification categories are only for the convenience of retrieval and do not represent the disciplinary system.