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Medical Spanish Dictionary Pocket: English-spanish, Spanish English (single Copy)

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I purchased several of the handbooks for our medical office. We care for high risk OB patients, many of whom are Spanish speaking only. Even our Spanish speaking medical assistants have found the book helpful in finding words they don't use frequently, but need in our setting.

Great medical bilingual dictionary. It includes the necessary medical terminology as well as many common words and verbs which might be helpful in explaining treatment, or foods to avoid for example.

If you're looking for a bilingual dictionary with medical terms in Spanish, this is an excellent and useful book. Knowing some Spanish and assisting Spanish speakers at a local clinic one summer, this dictionary was very helpful.

English to Spanish, and Spanish to English. It even has diagrams of the body, facial features, bone structure, and the different systems. Although it shows the reproductive organs, there is no maternal diagrams (or any with a baby).

For people starting Spanish, I suggest a beginner's dictionary first. Some words and slang you may not use in a hospital may not be listed. But words such as spider, gunshot, and house are translated (since someone could have a bug-bite or bullet wound).
This is great to look at.

I highly recommend this to those using Spanish in a Medical field. Doctors that don't know Spanish may still find it useful.
It's small enough to fit in your purse (or a large pocket).

BEFORE YOU BUY IT, realize that this book contains medical spanish ONLY. I purchased this little book for my month-long rotation in Peru as a medical student. It is a very extensive collection of spanish/english medical terms, BUT it does not contain any other words in spanish you might want to know! It contains very few verbs. This was frustrating to me and I found myself more often using my "general" spanish/english dictionary instead. I recommend this book only if you already speak spanish fairly well and simply need to expand your medical vocabulary, or if you are planning to supplement it with another "general" spanish/english dictionary.

It's just the right size to carry with you and has all the Medical Terms you can think of.

I have to admit this was an impulse purchase - therefore i was sorry to experience first hand the time honored adage "don't judge a book by its cover" or in this case, cover photo ... so much for surfing the net at 2 a.m. If truth be told, this is a very adequate little book, but it's ... tiny. If you are over 40 you'll need at least a +5 pair of reading glasses, and if you're a grown man turning the tiny pages can be frustrating.

The good - useful medical spanish-english terms, portable

The bad - teeny tiny, the font size is about 6, and the pages are thin and stick together

The ugly - overpriced for what you get, as the little old lady used to ask, "where's the beef?"

I was too astonished by my poor judgment to return the book, and have lost it in my desk drawer at work. Besides, my medical Spanish-English app on my phone is more handy and user friendly.

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I've been hunting down products to help me with medical Spanish in my career, and this one is by far the most useful on a daily basis. The size is perfect--it seems to be a very thorough, inclusive dictionary but is still a great size to stick in my pocket. I actually keep it in my purse to study when I'm waiting in lines. It also has several body outlines with names labeled in both English and Spanish. Overall, great product!

This book helped me so much in my work. Easy to read and understand the cross reference is the bomb/

As others noted, it is a dictionary and not a quick reference. Offers dialects and phrases, though it doesn't indicate which word is from which country dialect. Also note it is not well sized for a white coat as you'd expect - it is about 3x4" and over an inch thick - could be quite thin if made standard white coat sized

I love how compact this dictionary is and how easy it is to carry around. It's loaded with definitions and tons of health related terms. Most importantly, I don't feel like I've sacrificed quality for size. It also contains 14 pages of human anatomy illustrations and 1 page of useful questions for interviewing patients. If you interact with Spanish speaking patients, this is an amazing reference book you shouldn't hesitate to buy.