Black's Medical Dictionary

Black's Medical Dictionary (42nd ed, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-0419-4) is a comprehensive medical dictionary featuring definitions of medical terms, concepts and conditions, published by A & C Black Publishers. It was first published in 1906, and is now in its forty-second edition. It is considered a simplified home reference for medical terms.^[1] According to the publisher, It contains over 5000 definitions and descriptions of medical terms and concepts with over 1000 diagrams.

Black's Medical Dictionary: 42nd Edition

29th edition 1971
Editor	Harvey Marcovitch
Language	English
Genre	Medical, Dictionaries & Terminology
Published	1906
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	848 pp (42nd edition)
ISBN	9780713689020

The latest edition contains new and expanded sections on:

• HPV vaccine
• Monoclonal Antibodies
• Fibroid treatment
• Endoscopy and laparoscopy
• Coronary angioplasty
• MRSA and stem cell research

On April 1, 2010, Bloomsbury Academic & Professional became the new U.S. publisher of A&C Black titles. Distribution continues through Macmillan Publishers.^[2]

List of editors

• John Dixon Comrie^[3]
  • 1906 (1st edition) – 1942 (17th edition)
• H. A. Clegg
  • 1944 (18th edition)
• W. A. R. Thomson
  • 1948 (19th edition) – 1984 (34th edition)
• C. W. H. Havard
  • 1987 (35th edition) – 1990 (36th edition)
• Gordon MacPherson
  • 1992 (37th edition) – 2002 (40th edition)
• Harvey Marcovitch
  • 2005 (41st edition) -