Dizionario Medico

Large-format volume (22 × 28), 860 pages, printed on special paper and bound in skivertex with gold and pastel embossing.

This dictionary includes over 70,000 headwords, defined in an extensive manner. It provides:

1. An alphabetical listing of pathological terms and pathological conditions currently known.
2. Easy retrieval of any disease, starting from any of its synonyms or from the name of the scientist or researcher who first described it.
3. A sufficiently complete synthesis of the aetiology and symptoms that characterise a condition, disease or syndrome.
4. For each condition, disease or syndrome—alongside aetiology, symptoms and synonyms—a list of signs, phenomena, manoeuvres, reflexes and tests required for rapid and accurate diagnosis.
5. Classifications and groupings of pathological conditions with a shared aetiology or common histopathological features (e.g., under “Connettivopatia” all diseases belonging to that group are listed, and so on).
6. Italian and international acronyms and abbreviations used to identify certain pathological conditions.
7. The pathological terminology used to describe situations related to a disease.
8. Guidance, within the brief description of each pathological condition, on how to locate semiological information useful for recognising the disease and formulating a diagnosis.

The key innovation of this dictionary lies in the fast and easy retrieval of any pathological situation through any of its synonyms or via the discoverer’s name, making it useful both for physicians at any level of experience and for medical students.