Merriam-Webster's Spanish-English Medical Dictionary - (Paperback)

About the Book

A convenient guide to today's medical language for everyone from patients to medical professionals who need to communicate in both English and Spanish. This bidirectional dictionary (Spanish to English and English to Spanish) includes more than 12,000 medical terms and phrases with clear, concise definitions. Entries include part-of-speech, Spanish noun gender, and abbreviations. Includes anatomical illustrations and tables with topics such as immunizations, allergens, and types of surgeries--in English and Spanish. Special sections include Spanish and English sounds and spelling; weights and measures; numbers, time, and temperature; and irregular Spanish verbs. Appendices include: phrases used when communicating between patient and doctor; phrases related to health insurance; symptoms of diseases and diagnostic tests; phrases used in medical emergencies; phrases used in specialties such as: eyes and ears, cardiopulmonary, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, neurological, skin, the newborn, and urinary; special vocabulary for common diseases such as heart attack, diabetes, and cancer; types of medications; vocabulary for body positions and movements. Perfect for use at home, work, school, in the community, and in health-care settings.

Book Synopsis

A convenient guide to today's medical language for anyone who needs to communicate in both English and Spanish.

Designed for patients, caregivers, physicians, and medical professionals, this bidirectional dictionary features more than 12,000 medical terms and phrases with clear, concise definitions in both Spanish and English.

• Entries include part-of-speech, Spanish noun gender, and abbreviations.
• Detailed anatomical illustrations clarify meanings and provide additional information.
• Includes tables covering topics such as immunizations, allergens, and types of surgeries.
• Special sections aid communication between medical professionals and patients in clinical settings and include words and phrases specific to symptoms of diseases, diagnostic tests, medications, a patient's medical history, and medical emergencies.

Perfect for use at home, work, school, and in health-care settings.