Medical References
General Medical Reference Resources
Common
Health/Disability
Acronyms
Provides brief
meanings for
more than
100 acronyms
related to
health conditions
and syndromes,
as well as
developmental
disabilities.
Dictionary:
For Parents
of Children
with Disabilities
Dictionary
of terms and
acronyms related
to disabilities
and special
education;
maintained
by South Dakota
University/Center
for Disabilities.
Disability-Related
Glossary of
Terms
A glossary
created to
provide the
general user
with basic
definitions
of different
types of disabilities
and other
related terms.
Maintained
by CeDIR,
the Center
for Disability
Information
and Referral
at Indiana
University.
The
Merriam Webster
Medical Dictionary
Spelling and
meaning of
medical words.
Medical
Encyclopedia
MEDLINEplus,
adam.com Encyclopedia
disease reference.
Covers more
than 1500
topics using
approximately
4000 articles
and 10,000
pages on symptoms,
definitions,
causes, surgeries,
and a variety
of medical
topics.
MEDLINEplus
US National
of Library
Medicine’s
consumer site
which provides
access to
extensive
information
about specific
diseases and
conditions.
The
Merck Manual
of Medical
Information—Home
Edition
Searchable,
consumer-oriented
version of
this standard
medical text
uses everyday
language to
present information
about diseases,
diagnosis,
prevention,
and treatment.
