This reference tool aimed at students and practitoners in nursing and health care professions, contains definitions for a host of words and phrases used in health care, including the most current, encyclopedic entries and explanations of specific concepts. This sixth edition contains over 2370 new terms and a total of 35,205 entries, including ponunciation guides for all entries. A list of prefixes and suffixes is also provided to teach the reader how to analyze the meaning of unfamiliar words. This volume also includes the vocabulary of the Unified Nursing Language.