Stedman's Medical Speller

I high recommend this book to anyone who is studying or working in Medical Transcription. This book is very use friendly. It is quick and easy to find what you need. There are 2 different ways you can find information in this book. For example, lets say you were trying to find "Lachman test". You could find it one of two ways. You could either look under L for Lachman. It is there. But you can also look under T for test. When you look under "test" you will find almost 6 pages of listings and spellings of different medical tests from a variety of medical specialities. If you are just beginning your studies in Medical Transcription, do yourself a favor. Pick up a copy of this book. If money is a problem, I would recommend getting a used copy. But even if you pay full price and buy it new, this book is well worth the money.

Easy to use and has all the words you will need for your medical reporting. Recommend highly.

As a general medical transcription reference, "Stedman's Medical Speller" is an outstanding first-line choice. Distilled from the vast tome of the 26th edition Stedman's Dictionary, this has, according to the editor, 113,000 entries that not only include medical terms but also variant spellings, phrases, and some useful medical jargon. It is completely cross-referenced which is a godsend when one is trying to interpret that-all-too-frequent mumbling dictator. Excluded from this book are terms in pharmacology, pathology, biochemistry, veterinary and abbreviations. It has several appendixes which include rules of hyphenation [admittedly not used much nowadays with word-wrap computer programs] and another on medical prefixes, suffixes and combining forms.This 1996 Second Edition book is an excellent reference source. As a full-time medical transcriptionist, I have used it frequently and can vouch for its comprehensiveness.

I have used this book at work and am now purchasing it for home use. This is a must have book for any medical transcriptionist who cares about his or her work and its quality. If you purchase no other book, purchase this one!