''Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary'' is an
encyclopedic
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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 ...
published by
F.A. Davis Company since 1940 by
Clarence Wilbur Taber Clarence Wilbur Taber (1870–1967) was an American businessman best known for publishing Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary with the F. A. Davis Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Early life
Clarence Taber was born in Jersey City, N ...
.
''Taber's'' is a recommended medical reference book for
libraries
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and
attorneys.
It is available in print, online, and in multiple
mobile device
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formats.
The 23rd edition, published in 2017, contains more than 65,000 entries and over 1,200 images.
References
Medical dictionaries
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