What's New

+ iOS 10 compatible

App Description

As of April 2017 the dictionary is updated to work well with iOS 10, but will no longer be updated.

If you have a subscription on Ordnett Pluss, this dictionary can be used in a special Ordnett App.
Read more on www.ordnett.no

Medical Dictionary is the only offline dictionary in Norwegian language which has been published in the iPhone/iPad format. It contains 21 000 articles, which give short, precise definitions of medical terms from all disciplines. Both diseases, organs, physiological functions, laboratory tests, pharmaceutics, abbreviations, healthcare and patient treatment are included.

Medical Dictionary is illustrated.

The author, professor, dr.med. Magne Nylenna, is Director of the Norwegian Knowledge Center for the Health Services.

You can search with wildcards: ? for an arbitrary letter; * for 0 or more arbitrary letters.

Also see the screen dumps below, which show examples of the many different types of information you get in the dictionary.

Kunnskapsforlaget’s digital dictionaries are available online at www.ordnett.no and in the offline program Ordnett Pluss.
Find more information at www.ordnett.no

iPhone Screenshots

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iPad Screenshots

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App Changes

  • February 18, 2012 New version 1.1
  • March 29, 2012 New version 1.2
  • March 29, 2012 Price increase: $20.99 -> $31.99
  • July 01, 2013 New version 1.3
  • July 03, 2013 Price decrease: $31.99 -> $17.99
  • July 26, 2013 New version 1.3.1
  • August 19, 2013 Price increase: $17.99 -> $31.99
  • August 20, 2013 Price decrease: $31.99 -> $20.99
  • September 04, 2013 Price decrease: $20.99 -> $13.99
  • September 06, 2013 Price increase: $13.99 -> $20.99
  • October 06, 2013 New version 1.4
  • February 08, 2014 New version 1.4.1
  • November 26, 2016 Price increase: $20.99 -> $54.99
  • June 14, 2019 New version 1.5
  • June 14, 2019 Price increase: $54.99 -> $69.99
  • June 16, 2019 Price increase: $54.99 -> $69.99