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Medical Dictionary by Farlex

September 30, 2025

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Medical Dictionary by Farlex gives you free, instant access to 180,000+ definitions of medical terminology and more than 12,000 images from sources trusted by doctors and healthcare professionals, including McGraw-Hill, Houghton Mifflin, and more.
Whether you're a physician, nurse, medical student, or just want to learn more about healthcare terminology, this free medical dictionary app will help you find clear, in-depth medical definitions from more than a dozen medical encyclopedias and dictionaries on various disciplines, including entries on:

Anatomy
Diseases
Drugs
Treatments
Tests and procedures
Pathology
Physiology
Medical research topics
Dentistry
Ophthalmology
Nursing
Alternative Medicine
+ much more…

WHAT YOU GET:

* Search 180,000+ medical terms from top sources.

* Access 40,000+ entries offline.

* View 12,000+ images, including detailed photos, diagrams, and X-rays.

* Find meanings for thousands of medical abbreviations and acronyms.

* Get info on 4,000 over-the-counter and prescription drugs in a comprehensive drug guide.

* Play 50,000+ audio pronunciations for both American and British speakers in online mode.

* Add unlimited bookmarks.

* Use native voice search to look up a word just by saying it (with supported devices).

* View search suggestions as you type.

* Use advanced searches like "Starts with," "Ends with," and more.

* See your recent searches.

* Share dictionary pages via social networks, email, and text (with supported devices).

User-friendly, comprehensive, and authoritative: Medical Dictionary by Farlex is the perfect free medical app for doctors, nurses, medical education students, and health care consumers. This is NOT a preview or a trial version, and there is no "locked" content. Open the app and immediately access all content — no subscriptions required!

How do we do it?

TheFreeDictionary.com - Farlex apps have been downloaded tens of millions times across multiple platforms, with top ratings after hundreds of thousands of reviews. We work with the best publishers to bring together trusted content in the most comprehensive, authoritative dictionary apps on the market. Our flagship app is The Free Dictionary (TFD), powered by TheFreeDictionary.com. Find our other apps by searching "Dictionary by Farlex" in Google Play.

Latest Version

Version
6.0
Update
September 30, 2025
Developer
TheFreeDictionary.com – Farlex
Apps
IT Tools
Platforms
Android
Downloads
574,257
License
Free
Package Name
com.farlex.dictionary.medical
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User Reviews

Miki Seow

5 years ago

Love this app. I am not a medical student by any chance neither do I work at the hospital but I really do enjoy using this app when I want to find out about medical related things. Great app!! Especially when you are a medical student or someone studying medicine.

Linda Gillum

2 years ago

I have been using this app for years and have told others about it. I like it much better than Web MD. It is more than just a medical dictionary. It explains what a medical term means, how it affects the body, and treatments for the situation. It is written language a layman can understand.

Rory Burns

1 year ago

Great Only one thing is needed to this dictionary You want to upload only more diagram for bones, muscle etc etc.. All topics. You yo add more diagram this app should be best in future for medical student By the way I feel Great experience by using this app

Dr. Megha Singhal

2 years ago

Great app... Really helpful... Very informative.. All the medical terminology are described with their proper meaning...but.. Few common terminologies are not there and.. This app take wifi to work.. Can't work on mobile data

Chester Coke

4 years ago

2 stars because u say it was free then when finish download u see in app purchase & i dont even use it 1time yet,but im going to see why u r charging to use it,uf it worth paying for then i will pay depend on how much you charged for what i get out of the app. Then i will give my honest rating. I USED SEVRAL TIME & Relize it is very good so i update my rating, But if i may sugest can you update for prounounceation of words & also it would be a ++ if you can make it reads the subject. TY.

A Google user

5 years ago

It's really helpful and it gives you a clear understanding of whatever medical condition, medical term, any thing that has to do with medical stuff, Nursing or anything. The signs and symptoms, causes diagnostic investigation, management,and complications etc everything is explained well.

Nick Bushrod

2 years ago

Great tool to quickly look up and cross-reference medical terms. I have it by my side when reading medical texts. Inlaid the small amount to remove the ads as they are a distraction for me.

Kenneth Johnson

1 year ago

I have been able to use this app for several years. I've looked at other apps in the field of meeldical information seeking knowledge and understanfing. There is no other app, in my humble opinion that service. This is without a doubt the best app, medically speaking that explains the issues that I've seen and studied that address in a manner that is easy for me to understand and comprehend. A+

A Google user

6 years ago

I used to have Blacks on my Lumia 950 but Blacks app on Adroid doesn't get a high rating. This dictionary appears to be very comprehensive and the interface is pretty good. You pay only €1.29 to get rid of ads. I'm not employed in the medical sector but I think this app will be very useful for personal use and my public sector job.

Karen How

2 months ago

handy medical dictionary to use if not sure of some medical terms.

A Google user

5 years ago

Very thorough and informative. I've gained comfortability from this service. Cross referencing should be an automatic action to make certain the knowledge sought after is factual and accurate for whatever reason(s) for the inquiry. Sometimes critical situations occurs and time doesn't allow verification. If you do not know the information already & only a few seconds for one source.... This would be #1. Thanks for this service!

David J Haines sr

2 months ago

I have been able to get the right answer ever time. They give me good info on everything I need to know 😉

Erik

3 years ago

1. Beautiful, but it needs a dark theme, like with white text on a black background. 2. The bibliographic info appears at the end of each definition, in text of the same color and nearly the same size as the definition itself, making it harder to discern between that and the definition. 3. As on all Farlex apps, when an existing definition is open and you click into the search field it does not clear the previous search query

Lawson Anderson

4 years ago

I downloaded this app for going through EMT school, and it has been awesome so far. The definitions are straight forward, the amount of definitions and terms is surprising, and the customer service is exceptional. I would definitely recommend this for anyone going through basic or intermediate medical classes.

Omar Ibrahim Mohammad Attiyeh

1 year ago

I consider Medical Dictionary by Farlex, as is the case with all Farlex dictionaries, to be the most accurate & useful reference for all who need such a handy & commendable reference. Precise & to the point, as well as fully satisfactory, I must say it is truly "indispensable" to me personally, although I'm not working in the medical field but am a Translation Specialist performing medical translation in the military. Besides, without question, it will be quite "indispensable" to all. Thank you

A Google user

5 years ago

Very easy to use and understand,gives you an overview( symptoms,causes and treatment for most of the words/ conditions or medical term as the case may be.)contains so many medical terms I never thought would be included in a dictionary.In addition its free.I would give it 6 stars if it was possible.

A Google user

6 years ago

very easy and very usefull app. in many nursing books i have noticed that they were written by the assumption that you already know the definition of something and in medical which is huge it was not always necessary that you know everything. when you don't know something and the book you are searching don't have either then you have to search another book but this app had already solve my that problem.

A Google user

6 years ago

It has all of the definitions that one would expect. The problem is that even though it is an offline dictionary, it is constantly trying to connect to the internet when I am looking for the definition of a word. Once I turn my internet off, then it brings up the definition automatically. This is very annoying and needs to be fixed. If it's an offline dictionary, then be offline.

JWhitney H

4 years ago

Awesome app! Literally has everything any medical professional would possibly need for proper research. Even includes medical terminology word parts, root words, and even combining forms! Ads do pop up but always include a close button so I can get right back to work quickly. Fantastic! Love it!

Jitaryu Gopal

3 weeks ago

perfect app, concise and derivative... everything you need to know and things you didn't know you needed...

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