English-Chinese Medical Vocabulary. Second Edition

Author: Lu Zaiying
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Publishing Date: 2006-02-01
Features: Since its first publication in 1978, the English-Chinese Medical Vocabulary has been reprinted multiple times and has distributed over 150,000 copies, exerting considerable influence in China's medical and healthcare field. However, the book has been out for over 20 years, during which medical science has advanced rapidly, research fields have expanded, and new disciplines, theories, concepts, and technologies have continuously emerged, along with a large number of new terms that urgently need to be supplemented. Additionally, many terms in the previous edition are no longer in use, some classifications are inappropriate, some translations are inaccurate, and even some spellings or explanations are incorrect, requiring deletion and correction. Under the commission of the People's Medical Publishing House, we have organized over 180 scholars and professors from clinical medicine, basic medicine, health prevention, pharmacology, and other disciplines to work together, overcome various difficulties, and make significant revisions and supplements to the book to meet the needs of medical and healthcare workers, as well as students and teachers of medical schools and translators. Based on the previous edition, we have expanded the scope of selected terms, included a large number of newly emerging terms in recent years, primarily referring to the renowned American medical dictionary Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (28th Edition), and selected many new terms from famous books and journals in Western countries. We have also taken into account the translated names of medical terms published by the National Committee for the Revision of Technical Terms in Science and Technology for unification. The book has been thoroughly reviewed and proofread by all editorial committee members and standing editorial committee members, with cross-reviews by associate editors, and finally finalized by the chief editor. The book features a large vocabulary and broad coverage, encompassing terminology from over 60 disciplines in medical and healthcare fields, with approximately 160,000 entries. Compared to the previous edition, the second edition of this vocabulary has deleted about 5 obsolete terms and added nearly 60,000 new terms. Nine appendices are included at the end of the book, such as acupoint names, Latin names of traditional Chinese herbal medicines, names of traditional Chinese medicinal materials, and abbreviations of medical institutions.