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Dictionaries

Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Under the auspices of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), this dictionary contains more than 6,000 terms related to cancer and medicine
FOLDOC Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
FOLDOC is a searchable dictionary of acronyms, jargon, programming languages, tools, architecture, operating systems, networking, theory, standards, and more
Language Dictionaries and Translators
A collection of online dictionaries in numerous languages. Many, but not all have a searchable index.
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Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary
Search medical terms and abbreviations with the most up-to-date and comprehensive medical dictionary from the reference experts at Merriam-Webster. Master today's medical vocabulary. Become an informed health-care consumer!

AMA Manual of Style, 11th edition
The American Medical Association (JAMA) citation style guide
The Chicago Manual of Style Online
Preferred by many in the humanities, including those in literature, history, and the arts
Citing Medicine: the NLM style guide for authors, editors, and publishers
Karen Patrias - Daniel L.Wendling - National Library of Medicine - 2007
Free Style Guide e-Book by the National Library of Medicine (NLM).
Owl Purdue Online Writing Lab
Displays the MLA (Modern Language Association) style which is the style most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities

FREIDA ONLINE Graduate Medical Education
Nearly 9,000 graduate medical education programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, as well as over 200 combined specialty programs
International Medical Education Directory (IMED)
A free web-based resource containing accurate and up-to-date information about international medical schools

Acronym Finder
A comprehensive database of acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms arranged in categories such as: information technology, science and medicine, and organizations and schools
medLexicon
Contains over 200,000 medical, biotech, pharmaceutical and healthcare acronyms and abbreviations