For the fifth edition of this popular dictionary, specialists from the whole medical spectrum have been consulted: 500 new entries have been added and many existing entries have been updated. New material includes research into obesity and cancer; genetics; organ transplantation; infection, food poisoning, and resistance to antibiotics; research into the links between BSE and Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease; opthalmology; new diseases such as Gulf War Syndrome. In this rapidly developing field this is the most up-to-date dictionary of its kind.. Full coverage of all the major medical and surgical specialties, including gastroenterology, dermatology, ENT, dentistry, osteology and rheumatology, gynaecology and obstetrics, paediatrics, neurology, osteology, physical medicine, radiology, haematology, immunology, nuclear medicine, urology, opthalmology, oncology, and cardiology. Anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, microbiology, nutrition and pharmacology are also covered, plus public health medicine, psychology, and psychiatry.