The Wordsworth Dictionary of Biology

One of the most comprehensive dictionaries of its kind, The Wordsworth Dictionary of Biology provides both the student and the general reader with clear and easily understood definitions of 10,000 terms covering the following areas: biology, molecular biology, botany, chemistry and biochemistry, genetics, immunology, medicine, radiology, animal and human behavioral science, ecology, statistics and zoology. The dictionary also includes over 100 detailed sections on more complex areas of special interest or importance from AIDS to thymus antigens and cells, together with 80 explanatory line drawings.