TheFreeDictionary.com Adds The American Heritage® Stedman’s Medical Dictionary For Instant Medical Reference
45,000 Entries Provides Invaluable Free Source of Current Information
Huntingdon Valley, PA (PRWEB via PR Web
Direct) April 21, 2005 -- Farlex, Inc., publisher of leading online
reference site, TheFreeDictionary.com, today announced the incorporation of
Houghton Mifflin’s The American Heritage® Stedman’s Medical Dictionary, Second
Edition into TheFreeDictionary.com’s collection of reference works. With the
addition of The American Heritage® Stedman’s Medical Dictionary, users can gain
free access to authoritative descriptions of medical conditions, medications,
anatomical terms, noted medical personalities and much more.
The American
Heritage® Stedman’s Medical Dictionary is intended for use by healthcare
consumers, students, and professionals as well as anyone who wants to keep up
with the burgeoning array of terminology found in today’s medical news. By
staying clear of jargon, the dictionary offers fast and concise information,
whether the user is searching for a description of an over-the-counter or
prescription medication, a medical abbreviation, a test procedure, a medical
research topic, or an illness. Over 45,000 entries from all areas of medicine
and healthcare are included.
“Adding The American Heritage® Stedman’s
Medical Dictionary is one more step to making TheFreeDictionary.com the most
comprehensive reference source on the World Wide Web,” said Nick Simonov,
president of Farlex, Inc. “This dictionary is totally up-to-date with the latest
terms from today’s medical headlines. It brings clarity to even obscure topics,
making it invaluable to professionals and laypeople alike.”
“In its short
existence, TheFreeDictionary.com has gained considerable popularity by bringing
authoritative reference resources to millions of people worldwide, and we are
pleased that the XML version of The American Heritage® Stedman’s Medical
Dictionary will further add to its high-quality offering, ”said David Langevin,
vice president and director of sales and business development for electronic
publishing in Houghton Mifflin Company’s Trade & Reference
Division.
Users of TheFreeDictionary.com can research medical definitions
and topics by typing the desired word or phrase into the search box on the
site’s home page. The site’s search engine immediately provides definitions of
the word or phrase along with pronunciations, tables, illustrations, related
terms, and sponsored results as appropriate.
TheFreeDictionary.com also
provides a wealth of other free and valuable research information including a
legal dictionary, computing dictionary as well as the Columbia Encyclopedia and
Wikipedia Encyclopedia. The Hutchinson Encyclopedia is also available on a
subscription basis. For more, visit www.TheFreeDictionary.com.
About
TheFreeDictionary.com:
Launched in the spring of 2003, www.TheFreeDictionary.com has quickly grown to become one of
the best reference sources on the Web. From its beginnings as a simple
dictionary of everyday terms, TheFreeDictionary.com has incorporated medical,
legal, and computer dictionaries, a thesaurus, an encyclopedia, a literature
reference library, and a search engine, all in one place. A prime online vehicle
for advertisers wishing to reach active information seekers,
TheFreeDictionary.com was accessed by more than one hundred million visitors in
2004.
About Farlex, Inc.:
Farlex, Inc. (www.farlex.com) is an
independent, privately held provider of online reference products based in
Huntingdon Valley PA. Founded in 2004, Farlex, Inc. provides innovative,
easy-to-use reference and learning tools. Farlex’s flagship websites, www.TheFreeDictionary.com and www.TheFreeLibrary.com,
contain about one million pages of books and reference information from the
world’s most respected sources.
About Houghton Mifflin
Boston-based
Houghton Mifflin Company is one of the leading educational publishers in the
United States, with more than $1 billion in sales. Houghton Mifflin publishes
textbooks, instructional technology, assessments, and other educational
materials for elementary and secondary schools and colleges. It also publishes
an extensive line of reference works and award-winning fiction and nonfiction
for adults and young readers, and offers computer-administered testing programs
and services for the professional and certification markets. With origins dating
back to 1832, Houghton Mifflin combines a tradition of excellence with a
commitment to innovation. Visit the company's website: www.hmco.com.
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