Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Bartleby.com: Reference
[Free to all]
Access to encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, English usage, quotations, and more.

MedlinePlus medical encyclopedia.
[Free to all]
National Library of Medicine.

MedTerms Medical Dictionary
[Free to all]
MedicineNet, Inc

Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary
[Free to all]
From InteliHealth.

OneLook
[Free to all]
Access to multiple dictionaries. Includes medical, scientific, general, and many more.

On-line Medical Dictionary
[Free to all]
From CancerWeb.

Physicians' desk reference :PDR.
[Free to all]
Description based on: 29th ed. (1975).

Spellex Medical Spell Checker
[Free to all]
Can use the free trial for spell-checking.

Stedman's medical dictionary.
[Off-campus access]
Stedman, Thomas Lathrop,

Thesaurus.com
[Free to all]
Online version of Roget's Thesaurus. Also includes a dictionary.

Visionary
[Free to all]
Dictionary for the study of vision.

Vision-Related Terms - Selected Online Sources
[Free to all]
National Eye Institute
Links to three different dictionaries

whonamedit - eponyms in eyes and vision
[Free to all]
This is an online dictionary of over 6500 eponyms. Includes bibliographies.

yourDictionary
[Free to all]
Access to multiple dictionaries including medical, specialty, and foreign language.









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