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''Dorland's'' is the brand name of a family of medical
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s (including
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, spellers and word books, and spell-check software) in various media spanning printed books, CD-ROMs, and online content. The flagship products are ''Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary'' (currently in its 33rd edition) and ''Dorland's Pocket Medical Dictionary'' (currently in its 30th edition). The principal dictionary was first published in 1890 as the ''American Illustrated Medical Dictionary'', including 770 pages. The pocket edition, called the ''American Pocket Medical Dictionary'', was first published in 1898, consisting of just over 500 pages. With the death of the editor
William Alexander Newman Dorland William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...
, AM, MD in 1956, the dictionaries were retitled to incorporate his name, which was how they had generally come to be known. The illustrated dictionary had grown to 2144 pages for the 33rd edition. The dictionaries were historically published by
Saunders Saunders is a surname of English and Scottish patronymic origin derived from Sander, a mediaeval form of Alexander.See also: Sander (name) People * Ab Saunders (1851–1883), American cowboy and gunman * Al Saunders (born 1947), American footb ...
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List of products


English-language originals published by Saunders

* ''American Illustrated Medical Dictionary'' * ''American Pocket Medical Dictionary'' (until 1956) * ''Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary'' (currently in its 33rd edition) * ''Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary'' on CD-ROM * ''Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary'' online * ''Dorland's Pocket Medical Dictionary'' (currently in its 30th edition) * ''Dorland's Pocket Medical Dictionary'' on CD-ROM * ''Dorland's Electronic Medical Speller CD-ROM'' (various release versions) * ''Dorland's Alternative Medicine Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists'' (2003) () * ''Dorland's Dentistry Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists'' (2003) () * ''Dorland's Pediatrics Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists'' (2003) () * ''Dorland's Psychiatry Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists'' (2003) () * ''Dorland's Dermatology Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists'' (2002) () * ''Dorland's Laboratory/Pathology Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists'' (2002) () * ''Dorland's Medical Equipment Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists'' (2002) () * ''Dorland's Gastroenterology Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists'' (2001) () * ''Dorland's Immun. & Endocrinology Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists'' (2001) () * ''Dorland's OB/GYN Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists'' (2001) () * ''Dorland's Orthopedic Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists'' (2001) () * ''Dorland's Plastic Surgery Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists'' (2001) () * ''Dorland's Cardiology Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists'' (2000) () * ''Dorland's Neurology Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists'' (2000) () * ''Dorland's Radiology/Oncology Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists'' (2000) () * ''Dorland's Dentistry Speller'' (1994) * ''Dorland's Medical Speller'' (1992) * ''Dorland's Cardiology Speller'' (1992) * ''Dorland's Medical Abbreviations'' (1992)


Translated co-editions published by partners

In addition to the Saunders titles in English, there have also been numerous translated co-editions around the world. Listed below are the latest translated co-editions of the flagship product ''Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary'', together with the languages for the translations and the names of the publishers: * Chinese (28th Edition)—Xi'an World Publishing Corp., Xi'an, China * Indonesian (26th Edition)—E.G.C. Medical Publishers, Jakarta, Indonesia * Italian (28th Edition)—Edizioni Scientifiche Internazionali (ESI), Milan, Italy * Japanese (28th Edition)—Hirokawa Publishing Company, Tokyo, Japan * Portuguese (28th Edition)—Editiora Manole Ltda., São Paulo, Brazil * Spanish (30th Edition)—Elsevier España, S.A., Madrid, Spain * Vietnamese (30th Edition)—Medical Publishing House One Member Company Limited, Hanoi, Vietnam


Publisher

Dorland's was published for over a century by the
W.B. Saunders Company Saunders is an American academic publisher based in the United States. It is currently an imprint of Elsevier. Formerly independent, the W. B. Saunders company was acquired by CBS in 1968, who added it to their publishing division Holt, Rinehart ...
, which was an independent medical publisher during most of that time. In the 1980s and 1990s, W.B. Saunders was acquired first by
CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS, the abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainm ...
and then by Harcourt. In 2001, the company was absorbed into
Elsevier Elsevier () is a Dutch academic publishing company specializing in scientific, technical, and medical content. Its products include journals such as ''The Lancet'', ''Cell'', the ScienceDirect collection of electronic journals, '' Trends'', th ...
, where the name ''Saunders'' (without the ''W.B.'') was used as an imprint name. The 2020 33rd edition imprint is Elsevier. Contexo Media's Dorland Healthcare Information, publisher of ''Dorland's Medical Directory'', appears to be unrelated to Elsevier, Saunders, and the Dorland's family of medical reference works.


See also

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Medical dictionary A medical dictionary is a lexicon for words used in medicine. The three major medical dictionaries in the United States are ''Stedman's'', ''Taber's'', and ''Dorland's''. Other significant medical dictionaries are distributed by Elsevier. Dicti ...


External links


Dorland's Medical Dictionary Online
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Version provided by the Free Dictionary
– "The main sources of TheFreeDictionary's Medical dictionary are ''The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary, Second Edition'' and ''Dorland's Medical Dictionary for Health Care Consumers'' .." Medical dictionaries Medical manuals Publications established in 1890