Pocket Medical Encyclopedia
The Pocket Medical Encyclopedia is brought to you in joined effort between MedicineNet and Beiks, two leading companies in the fields of medical reference content and mobile reference applications respectively. It consists of two parts, the MedicineNets Medical Encyclopedia and BDicty (pronounced "bi-dikti") - the general dictionary reader application, developed by Beiks. Here is some information for each of them:
MedicineNets Medical Encyclopedia
Written entirely by U.S. board certified physicians, this reference work includes more than 10,500 entries from the medical field. These include not only the usual standard medical terms but also pertinent scientific items, abbreviations, acronyms, jargon, institutions, projects, symptoms, syndromes, eponyms, medical history and particularly anything of value and of interest.
MedicineNets award winning content has been recognized in publications such as Yahoo! Internet Life, and U.S. News and World Report. The MedicineNet doctors are proud to have authored the Websters New World(TM) Medical Dictionary published in June 2000 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. MedicineNets content is used by libraries, government agencies, doctors offices, pharmacy networks, hospitals, insurance organizations, medical schools, and other healthcare organizations worldwide.
BDicty Dictionary Reader for Pocket PC
BDicty is an award winning mobile application specialized in organizing and displaying reference content, primarily dictionaries. Loaded with proper set of language, professional, scientific or even entertainment reference databases, BDicty would quickly become one of the most valuable and used applications in your handheld, whether Palm® or Pocket PC®. Specialized for reference content (dictionaries), resulting in simplified interface and improved speed. Hundreds of language, specialized and entertainment dictionaries and phrasebooks, including free titles; if you can find your dictionary let us know! Available for all popular mobile platforms (Palm OS, Pocket PC, Sharp Zaurus)
Instant lookup from within other applications
Note: the downloadable trial version contains only entries from the first few letters of the alphabet. The complete medical encyclopedia features over 10,500 articles and occupies about 3.5 MB.
