Dorland's medical reference works
Dorland'sis the brand name of a family of medicalreference works(includingdictionaries,spellers and word books, andspell-check software) in various media spanning printed books, CD-ROMs, and online content. The flagship products areDorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary(currently in its 33rd edition) andDorland's Pocket Medical Dictionary(currently in its 30th edition). The principal dictionary was first published in 1890 as theAmerican Illustrated Medical Dictionary,including 770 pages. The pocket edition, called theAmerican Pocket Medical Dictionary,was first published in 1898, consisting of just over 500 pages.
With the death of the editorWilliam Alexander Newman Dorland,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 bySaunders.
List of products[edit]
English-language originals published by Saunders[edit]
- American Illustrated Medical Dictionary
- American Pocket Medical Dictionary(until 1956)
- Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary(currently in its 33rd edition)
- Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionaryon CD-ROM
- Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionaryonline
- Dorland's Pocket Medical Dictionary(currently in its 30th edition)
- Dorland's Pocket Medical Dictionaryon CD-ROM
- Dorland's Electronic Medical Speller CD-ROM(various release versions)
- Dorland's Alternative Medicine Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists(2003) (ISBN0721695221)
- Dorland's Dentistry Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists(2003) (ISBN0721693938)
- Dorland's Pediatrics Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists(2003) (ISBN0721695248)
- Dorland's Psychiatry Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists(2003) (ISBN072169523X)
- Dorland's Dermatology Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists(2002) (ISBN0721695264)
- Dorland's Laboratory/Pathology Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists(2002) (ISBN0721695256)
- Dorland's Medical Equipment Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists(2002) (ISBN0721695213)
- Dorland's Gastroenterology Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists(2001) (ISBN072169389X)
- Dorland's Immun. & Endocrinology Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists(2001) (ISBN072169392X)
- Dorland's OB/GYN Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists(2001) (ISBN0721693911)
- Dorland's Orthopedic Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists(2001) (ISBN0721693903)
- Dorland's Plastic Surgery Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists(2001) (ISBN0721693954)
- Dorland's Cardiology Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists(2000) (ISBN072169151X)
- Dorland's Neurology Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists(2000) (ISBN0721690785)
- Dorland's Radiology/Oncology Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists(2000) (ISBN0721691501)
- 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[edit]
In addition to the Saunders titles in English, there have also been numerous translatedco-editionsaround the world. Listed below are the latest translated co-editions of the flagship productDorland'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[edit]
Dorland's was published for over a century by theW.B. Saunders Company,which was an independent medical publisher during most of that time. In the 1980s and 1990s, W.B. Saunders was acquired first byCBSand then byHarcourt.In 2001, the company was absorbed intoElsevier,where the nameSaunders(without theW.B.) was used as an imprint name. The 2020 33rd edition imprint is Elsevier.
Contexo Media's Dorland Healthcare Information, publisher ofDorland's Medical Directory,appears to be unrelated to Elsevier, Saunders, and the Dorland's family of medical reference works.
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
- Dorland's Medical Dictionary Online– subscription only
- Version provided by the Free Dictionary– "The main sources of TheFreeDictionary's Medical dictionary areThe American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary, Second EditionandDorland's Medical Dictionary for Health Care Consumers[...]. "