Download or read book Szycher's Dictionary of Biomaterials and Medical Devices written by Michael Szycher and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-08-08 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary contains thousands of definitions from various related disciplines and minimizes the need for several dictionaries. The book defines everything from AAMI (Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation) to zymogen (proenzyme). The editor, an internationally recognized expert in the area of biomaterials, has combined knowledge from the fields of medicine, pharmacology, physiology, polymer chemistry, biochemistry, metallurgy, and organic chemistry.