Spanish-English English-Spanish Medical Dictionary/Diccionario Medico Espanol-Ingles, Ingles-Espanol (2nd Edition) (English and Spanish Edition) [Paperback]

Onyria Herrera McElroy (Author), Lola L. Grabb (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0316554480 | ISBN-13: 978-0316554480 | Publication Date: January 1996 | Edition: 2nd

Discover the dictionary that provides the English and Spanish medical vocabulary every healthcare professional needs to communicate effectively with Spanish-speaking patients. This powerful, pocket communicator features: over 20,000 medical and technology-related words and translations; tips on pronunciation; signs and symptoms of common disorders; phrases used when speaking to patients; and much more

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Product Details

• Paperback: 513 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2nd edition (January 1996)
• Language: English, Spanish
• ISBN-10: 0316554480
• ISBN-13: 978-0316554480
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #439,599 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #27 in Books > Education & Reference > Dictionaries & Thesauruses > Foreign Language > Polyglot

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37 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Say what?!, December 6, 2001

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Chris (Washington state) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spanish-English English-Spanish Medical Dictionary/Diccionario Medico Espanol-Ingles, Ingles-Espanol (2nd Edition) (English and Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

I have to wonder which book the negative reviewers are reviewing.

As to the complaint that there is no pronunciation guide to English or Spanish, for example, the first page of the Spanish side starts with a description of the Spanish alphabet followed by a pronunciation guide to Spanish; corresponding features appear on the very first page of the English side, too.

I am a professional Spanish translator, and I refer to this book for specialized medical terms when I translate. I also make use of the abbreviation conversion table (which, unfortunately, is alphabetized only in English alphabetical order, making it hard to go from a Spanish abbreviation to an English one), and the helpful conversion tables for roots, prefixes, and suffixes.

The main fault with this book is that there could be more. If you are looking for diseases, conditions, or symptoms, or even sample examination interview questions (organized by topic in an appendix), it's great! But if you are looking for the translations for medicines, you can pretty much forget about finding them (acetaminophen? amoxicillin? pseudoephedrine? hardly uncommon medicines, but not in here), but perhaps that is a subject worthy of its own separate volume. Still, if you are wanting help talking to your Spanish-speaking patients about their illnesses, conditions, and treatments--and assuming that you have no reason to use the Spanish words for the medicines anyway--this is an excellent resource to buy, to get familiar with, and to have on hand. I always recommend it to any doctor, nurse, or paramedic who asks me for a good Spanish medical reference.

34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Medical Spanish Dictionary I've Used, February 17, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Spanish-English English-Spanish Medical Dictionary/Diccionario Medico Espanol-Ingles, Ingles-Espanol (2nd Edition) (English and Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

In the past 10 years, as a medical interpreter and health care professional, I've tried at least half a dozen medical Spanish dictionaries and this is by far the best, most accurate, and most comprehensive. It has much more of the technical vocabulary one would use in conversation with other health care providers than any other, yet still has the words that patients understand. I highly recommend it, though it may be a bit overwhelming for beginners -- it's not as useful as a "quick reference" for someone who doesn't speak a lot of Spanish.

35 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent reference for non-native Spanish speakers., August 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Spanish-English English-Spanish Medical Dictionary/Diccionario Medico Espanol-Ingles, Ingles-Espanol (2nd Edition) (English and Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

This dictionary is an excellent reference tool for Spanish speakers at all levels of proficiency. It was recommended to me by a full-time interpreter at Wesley Hospital in Wichita, Kansas. After having reviewed other dictionaries, I decided on this one as the best and have recommended it to all my students.