English Spanish Spanish English Medical Dictionary

Contains over twelve thousand alphabetically arranged entries that provide definitions of medical terminology, translated from Spanish to English, and from English to Spanish.

A comprehensive guide to improving communication with Spanish-speaking patients and their families, and English-speaking medical personnel, Salud is an invaluable reference tool. It provides needed information to enable effective communication that will result in more thorough patient interviews, identification of existing conditions, and, ultimately, a more comfortable relationship between healthcare provider and patient. A quick, easy-to-use reference book, Salud is for medical students, nurses, doctors, hospital administrators, health care personnel, home health care workers, social workers, and translators in the health care profession. The medical dictionary and alphabetical phrase sections will make it easy to find and cross-reference the correct Spanish-English words and phrases. There are also focused care dialogues ranging from AIDS, anaesthesia, and breast exam, to unconscious patient, urinary retention, and visiting hours. The materials in this book were adapted from a variety of English- and Spanish-language sources for the sole purpose of language enrichment and should not be construed as medical advice or instruction.

As doctors' time becomes more limited, communication with patients becomes more important and the need for doctor-patient understanding becomes critical. Here is a book that helps bridge the gap between the professional language of health care providers and that of people whose first language is Spanish.A staple of southwestern health care for more than twenty years, this dictionary can make a difference in patient care. Now available in a revised edition, it focuses on vocabulary used in health contexts by Spanish-speaking people in order to help patients tell their stories and medical practitioners to understand them. Unlike other bilingual dictionaries that emphasize scientific terms, this one focuses on standard Spanish terms as well as regional expressions peculiar to Mexican SpanishÑ language encountered in Chicago as easily as in Phoenix.In the Spanish-to-English section, Spanish terms are followed by English translations and sample sentences to help health care practitioners understand how a patient might use them: aced’as, heartburn, pain in lower esophagus perceived as in the heart. Uno tiene la tendencia a sufrir de aced’as despuŽs de comer chile. One has a tendency to suffer heartburn after eating chile. (syn: acidez, agruras del est—mago) In the English-to-Spanish section, English words are translated into simple Spanish terms along with English synonyms.Now available in a revised edition, this handy reference features: ¥ more than 3,000 entries ¥ new entries that reflect current health problems and treatments ¥ inclusion of cognates ¥ Spanish definitions of English words ¥ anatomical drawings with bilingual labels ¥ more material on medicinal plants, including an appendix of poisonous and non-poisonous plants ¥ lists of food items and kinship termsThis book is an indispensable reference for all health care professionals who see patients of Mexican origin. Combining idiomatic precision with technical accuracy, it can help break down language barriers on either side of the border.

Contains over twelve thousand alphabetically arranged entries that provide definitions of medical terminology, translated from Spanish to English, and from English to Spanish.

Wiley’s English-Spanish, Spanish-English CHEMISTRY DICTIONARY Translates more than 75,000 terms in chemistry and its related disciplines With more than 35,000 new entries added, the Second Edition of Wiley’s English-Spanish, Spanish-English Chemistry Dictionary has been completely updated and revised, now translating more than 75,000 terms. You’ll find coverage of all areas of chemistry, including chemical biology, biochemistry, biotechnology, and nanochemistry. There’s also coverage of relevant terms in related disciplines of science and engineering. The dictionary’s straightforward, intuitive format makes it quick and easy for you to translate terms from either English to Spanish or Spanish to English. Acclaimed lexicographer Steven M. Kaplan has provided Spanish and English language equivalents that are clear and accurate. Moreover, he has reviewed the current chemistry literature in order to include recently coined terms. Wiley’s English-Spanish, Spanish-English Chemistry Dictionary features: A wealth of information in one portable volume Entries covering the broad range of subdisciplines within chemistry English and Spanish language equivalents of thousands of chemical compounds Terms and phrases in related areas of science and engineering User-friendly format that takes you directly to the precise term needed Current with all the latest terms and phrases used in contemporary chemistry, this Second Edition remains indispensable for researchers, educators, students, and translators working in the field of chemistry. Este diccionario sirve igualmente bien para las personas que hablan el Inglés como lengua primaria o el Español como lengua primaria.

The single best dictionary for communicating with Spanish-speaking patients! The book that breaks the language barrier between healthcare professionals and Spanish-speaking patients! This pocket-sized book contains virtually all health-related terms likely to occur in a conversation between a health worker and a Spanish-speaking patient, including common colloquialisms and slang terms not found in similar dictionaries. You will have instant access to more than 20,000 words and terms used in medicine, nursing, and dentistry, along with tips, a pronunciation guide, abbreviations, and sample dialogues. The fourth edition includes expanded sample dialogue on history taking and performing a physical examination. Here's why this is the single-best Spanish-English dictionary: The most useful terms - Updated to include the latest terminology as well as medical colloquialisms and hard-to-translate phrases - covers general medicine, psychiatry, nursing, dentistry, physical therapy, social work, and more - lists over 700 drug names The most accurate translations - All technical terms have been verified through word frequency analyses on large databases of medical literature in Spanish and English The most scholarly - Lists parts of speech; indications of gender; and irregular plurals, preterites, and past participles - provides useful example phrases